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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| HLA-Mediated Control of HIV and HIV Adaptation to HLA | |
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| Introduction | |
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| CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTL) and Control of Viraemia | |
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| Disease Outcome Mediated by CTL | |
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| Immune Escape-Viral Escape Mutations from CTL | |
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| HIV Evolution and Immune Selection | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| An Evolutionary Perspective on Parasitism as a Cause of Cancer | |
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| The Cancer Problem | |
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| History of Parasitism and Oncogenesis | |
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| Mechanisms of Oncogenesis | |
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| Transmission Modes and the Evolution of Persistence | |
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| Interactions of Causes | |
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| Breast Cancer | |
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| Testing Infectious Causation of Cancer | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Invasion of the Body Snatchers: The Diversity and Evolution of Manipulative Strategies in Host-Parasite Interactions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How Parasites Alter Host Behaviour | |
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| A Co-Evolutionary Perspective | |
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| The (River) Blind Watchmaker | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| References | |
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| Evolutionary Drivers of Parasite-Induced Changes in Insect Life-History Traits: From Theory to Underlying Mechanisms | |
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| Parasites and Host Life-History Traits | |
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| Various Changes in Reproductive Traits Seen in Infected Insects | |
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| Potential Drivers of Change in Host Reproductive Success | |
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| Models for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses | |
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| Indirect Mechanisms Underlying Fecundity Reduction | |
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| Life-History Traits in an Ecological Setting | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Ecological Immunology of a Tapeworms' Interaction with its Two Consecutive Hosts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Model Parasite Schistocephalus Solidus | |
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| Phase I: Ingestion, Infection and Establishment | |
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| Phase II: Resource Acquisition and Immune Evasion | |
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| Phase III: Host Switch and Manipulation | |
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| Link Between Hosts in Complex Life Cycles | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Tracking Transmission of the Zoonosis Toxoplasma gondii | |
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| Toxoplasma: The Supreme Generalist | |
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| Adaptation for Transmission | |
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| Parasite Population Genetics | |
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| Genetic Variation and Strain Partitioning | |
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| Towards Defining Transmission Networks | |
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| References | |
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| Parasites and Biological Invasions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Enemy Release and Parasite Acquisition | |
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| Introduced Parasites | |
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| Parasite-Host Adaptation | |
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| The Impact of Parasitism on Biological Invasions | |
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| Wider Community Effects | |
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| Future Challenges | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Zoonoses in Wildlife: Integrating Ecology into Management | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Pathways Linking Pathogens in Wildlife to Other Hosts | |
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| Integrating Disease and Wildlife Ecology into Control Strategies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Understanding the Interaction Between an Obligate Hyperparasitic Bacterium, Pasteuria Penetrans and its Obligate Plant-Parasitic Nematode Host, Meloidogyne spp. | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Plant-Parasitic Nematodes, Biological Control and Pasteuria Penetrans | |
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| Exploiting Genomics to Understand the P. Penetrans Root-Knot Nematode Biology | |
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| Building Cohesion Between Molecules and Populations | |
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| A Molecular Approach to Infection and Virulence from an Evolutionary Perspective | |
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| Summary, Conclusions and Implications for Biological Control | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Host-Parasite Relations and Implications for Control | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Current Strategies for NTD Control | |
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| Control of Each NTD | |
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| Consequences of Intensive Therapy on Parasite Evolution | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Onchocerca-Simulium Interactions and the Population and Evolutionary Biology of Onchocerca volvulus | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Methods | |
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| Results | |
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| Implications for our Understanding of the Population and Evolutionary Biology of O. volvulus and the Control of Human Onchocerciasis | |
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| Discussion and Future Research Directions | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Microsporidians as Evolution-Proof Agents of Malaria Control? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Effective Control | |
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| Sustainable Control | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Index | |
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| Contents of Volumes in This Series | |