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“nancy e beckage”

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  • Insect Immunology

    Edited by Nancy E. Beckage ...
    This work is the first book-length publication on the topic of insect immunology since 1991, complementing earlier works by offering a fresh perspective on current research. Interactions of host immune systems with both parasites and pathogens are presented in detail, as well as the genomics and proteomics, approaches which have been lacking in other publications. Beckage provides comprehensive ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

  • Parasites and Pathogens of Insects

    Parasites

    Edited by B. A. Federici, Nancy E. Beckage, Stephen A. Thompson ...
    Both volumes of Parasites and Pathogens of Insects provide in-depth coverage of the interface between insect parasites and pathogens and hosts, and explore the relationships between these partners. They emphasize biochemical and molecular interactions, basic biology, and the roles of hormones, receptors, and other cellular components in modulating interactions between host insects and attacking ... Read more

    $211.49 USD

  • Parasitoid Viruses

    Symbionts and Pathogens

    Edited by Nancy E. Beckage, Jean-Michel Drezen ...
    Parasitoids are parasitic insects that kill their insect hosts in immature pre-reproductive stages. Parasitoids are employed in biological control programs worldwide to kill insect pests and are environmentally safe and benign alternatives to chemical pesticides. As resistance to chemical pesticides continues to escalate in many pest populations, attention is now refocusing on biologically-based ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

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    People and Parasites

    by Eugene H. Kaplan ...
    In What's Eating You? Eugene Kaplan recounts the true and harrowing tales of his adventures with parasites, and in the process introduces readers to the intimately interwoven lives of host and parasite.Kaplan has spent his life traveling the globe exploring oceans and jungles, and incidentally acquiring parasites in his gut. Here, he leads readers on an unforgettable journey into the bizarre yet ... Read more

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  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Related Toxigenic Species

    Genomics, Pathogenicity and Applications

    Edited by Andreas Burkovski ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the classical etiological agent of diphtheria and the type strain of the genus Corynebacterium. While diphtheria of the respiratory tract became rare with the introduction of vaccination programs in industrialized countries, even today several thousand cases per year are reported to the World Health Organization. This shows that diphtheria is not completely ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Progress in Parasitology

    Edited by Heinz Mehlhorn ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Parasites threaten the health of animals and humans alike. Especially in times of increasing globalization and global warming, parasites can enlarge their “kingdom” by spreading. At the same time many of the existing medical products have become ineffective. As these products have been used for many decades, parasites have developed resistances, so that they have progressed in their fight for ... Read more

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  • Biology of Disease Vectors

    Edited by William H. Marquardt ...
    Biology of Disease Vectors presents a comprehensive and advanced discussion of disease vectors and what the future may hold for their control. This edition examines the control of disease vectors through topics such as general biological requirements of vectors, epidemiology, physiology and molecular biology, genetics, principles of control and insecticide resistance. Methods of maintaining ... Read more

    $119.69 USD

  • Skin and Arthropod Vectors

    Edited by Nathalie Boulanger ...
    Recent research on skin immunity and the skin microbiome reveals the complexity of the skin and its importance in the development of immunity against arthropod-borne diseases. In diseases such as malaria, borreliosis, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, etc., the skin interface has been shown as an essential site for pathogens to hide from the immune system, and as a potential site of persistence. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • American Trypanosomiasis

    Chagas Disease One Hundred Years of Research

    Edited by Jenny Telleria, Michel Tibayrenc ...
    Chagas disease causes severe socioeconomic impact and a high medical cost in Latin America. WHO and the World Bank consider Chagas disease as the fourth most transmittable disease to have a major impact on public health in Latin America: 120 million persons are potentially exposed, 16 to 18 million of whom are presently infected, causing 45,000 to 50,000 deaths per year. It has been calculated ... Read more

    $139.49 USD

  • Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

    Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

    by David Quammen ...
    A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia—but those reports miss the big truth ... Read more

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  • The Insects

    Structure and Function

    by R. F. Chapman ...
    The Insects has been the standard textbook in the field since the first edition published over forty years ago. Building on the strengths of Chapman's original text, this long-awaited 5th edition has been revised and expanded by a team of eminent insect physiologists, bringing it fully up-to-date for the molecular era. The chapters retain the successful structure of the earlier editions, focusing ... Read more

    $65.59 USD

  • Physiological Systems in Insects

    by Marc J. Klowden ...
    Physiological Systems in Insects discusses the roles of molecular biology, neuroendocrinology, biochemistry, and genetics in our understanding of insects. All chapters in the new edition are updated, with major revisions to those covering swiftly evolving areas like endocrine, developmental, behavioral, and nervous systems. The new edition includes the latest details from the literature on hormone ... Read more

    $80.99 USD