Product Description: The evolutionary biology of protozoa is a field in which exciting changes are taking place. Relationships between different groups of protozoa are undergoing extensive review and the revised views will have significant repercussions for future investigations...read more

Product Description: This new collection of articles, edited by G. H. Coombs and S. L. Croft include: The current status of antiparasite chemotherapy; A structure-based approach to drug discovery: crystallography and implications for the development of antiparasite drugs; Validating targets for antiparasite chemotherapy; Control of gene expression in viruses and protozoan parasites by antisense oligonucleotides; Parasite proteinases and amino acid metabolism: possibilities for chemotherapeutic exploitation; The mannitol cycle in Eimeria; New approaches to Leishmania chemotherapy: pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1) as a target and modulator of antifolate sensitivity; Target sites of anthelmintics; Quinoline resistance mechanisms in Plasmodium falciparum: the debate goes on; The role of drugs in the control of parasitic nematode infections: must we do without?; Designer drugs: pipe-dreams or realities...read more

Product Description: Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis are related diseases caused by single celled organisms (protozoa) transmitted by insects. Between them, these diseases are responsible for much suffering among humans and livestock and so a greater understanding of their biology is a vital part of the campaign to control them...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A compilation of articles on protozoological biochemistry which reviews the subject area and offers information on current research. Included in the Topics Covered Are Energy Metabolism Of Anaerobic Parasitic Protists, proteinases of African