Advances in immunoparasitology.
A selective review of the advances in immunoparasitology is presented. It is selective simply because it is not feasible to embrace the whole field of parasitology within the compass of a single review paper, for if it were attempted, it would suffer undue abbreviation. Emphasis is placed on the advances in helminthology and especially the gastro-intestinal parasites of ruminants, an obvious selection because of the interests of the author. Reviews are always somewhat retrospective in outlook; to write a review at the present time is especially foolhardy since developments in biology are such that totally new concepts can arise almost overnight, as it were. This is a particularly healthy state, and the discipline of parasitology is caught up in the application and interpretation of molecular biological considerations. "Parasitism" is a field of increasing importance and challenge.
D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000276:immunology; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D009093:Mucus / Q000276:immunology; D009348:Nematoda / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal; D010274:Parasitology / Q000639:trends*; D010500:Perinatology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014611:Vaccination
D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan