Pathogenesis and Immunity
Resistance to parasitic worms/protozoa appears to be similar to resistance against other infectious agents, although the mechanisms of resistance in protozoan infections are not yet as well understood. Resistance can be divided into two main groups of mechanisms: (1) nonspecific mechanism(s) or factor(s) such as the presence of a nonspecific serum component that is lethal to the parasite; and (2) specific mechanism(s) involving the immune system. Probably the best studied nonspecific mechanisms involved in parasite resistance are the ones that control the susceptibility of red blood cells to invasion or growth of plasmodia, the agents of malaria.
- Microbial Adherence
- Invasion of Host cells and Intracellular Survival
- Evasion of Immune Responses
- Microbial Toxins
- Viral Replication and Transformation
- Oncogene expression
- Intracellular Signaling
- Host Genetic Factors
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- Advances in Parasite Medications
- Approaches: Parasitic Disease Control
- Blood Parasites
- Brain Parasites
- Experimental Immunoparasitology
- Eye Parasites
- Fish Parasitic Diseases
- Malaria Research
- Medical Parasitology
- Parasite Remedies
- Parasite Treatments
- Parasitic Diseases:Health Professionals
- Parasitic Worms
- Parasitology
- Pathogenesis and Immunity
- Skin Parasites
- Stool Parasites
- Structural and Molecular Parasitology
- Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens in Tropical Veterinary Medicine
- Tropical Medicine Parasitology
- Vector-Borne Viral Diseases
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Water Parasites