Human and Mosquito Lysozymes Old Molecules for New Approaches Against Malaria /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Prato, Mauro (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Parasitology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.

Malaria remains an alarming emergency in developing countries. It is thus urgent to identify any parasite or host molecules that can serve as new affordable markers for early diagnosis of disease complications or as new targets for vector control. In this context, human and mosquito lysozymes are go...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Etiopathogenesis and pathophysiology of malaria
• Malaria diagnosis, therapy, vaccines and vector control
• Lysozymes in the animal kingdom
• Role of lysozymes of Anopheles mosquitoes in Plasmodium development
• Effects of malaria products on human monocyte and neutrophil degranulation and lysozyme release
• Human lysozyme in malaria patients
• Beyond lysozyme.