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First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosomes. The series also contains reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which shape current thinking and applications. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics including "Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems in Epidemiology" and "The Evolu.

Cover; Contents; Contributors to Volume 63; Preface; Phylogenetic Analyses of Parasites in the New Millennium; Introduction; Some Basics; Interpreting Trees; Phylogenetic Data; Evolutionary Models; Tree-Building; Combining Data Sets; Worked Example; Summary Protocol for Molecular Sequences; References; Targeting of Toxic Compounds to the Trypanosome's Interior; Introduction; Uptake and Action of Current Trypanocidal Drugs; Targeting of Novel Compounds to Trypanosomes via Plasma Membrane Transporters; Delivery of Drug Conjugates and Encapsulated Forms; Efflux Pumps; Conclusion.

AcknowledgementsReferences; Making Sense of the Schistosome Surface; Introduction; Parasite Surface Proteins; Tegumental Lipid Composition; Tegumental Carbohydrate Composition; Host Molecules; Changes at the Surface During Parasite Maturation; Tegumental Membrane Dynamics; Praziquantel and the Tegument Surface; Summation; References; Immunology and Pathology of Intestinal Trematodes in Their Definitive Hosts; Introduction; Biology of the Intestinal Trematodes; The Family Brachylaimidae; The Family Diplostomidae; The Family Echinostomatidae; The Family Gymnophallidae; The Family Heterophyidae.

The Family ParamphistomidaeOther Families of Interest; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Systematics and Epidemiology of Trichinella; Introduction; Advances in the Systematics of Trichinella; The Taxonomy of the Genus; Phylogeny; Biogeography; Epidemiology; A New Approach: Trichinella-Free Areas or Farms. is it Possible?; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Index.

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