Pub Date : 2000-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01714-2
Peter Daszak , Andrew A Cunningham
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Pub Date : 2000-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01751-8
Janice Taverne
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Pub Date : 2000-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01743-9
Malcolm Kennedy
Interest in the nematode polyprotein allergens/antigens (NPAs) originally arose because they were often found to be immunodominant antigens of nematode parasites, and in some cases also potent allergens. Quite separately, they attracted attention as the ‘ladder’ proteins found close to the surface of filarial nematodes. Screening of cDNA expression libraries with antibody from infected humans or domestic animals continues to reveal more NPAs. The search for the biochemical function(s) of NPAs was originally hampered by the lack of amino acid sequence similarities between NPAs and proteins of known function, but much is now known about their biochemical activity, the highly unusual means of their biosynthesis and their gene structure. Here, Malcolm Kennedy provides an update on these intriguing proteins.
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Gaunt, M. and Miles, M. (2000) The ecotopes and evolution of triatomine bugs (Triatominae) and their associated trypanosomes. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 95, 557–566
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Pub Date : 2000-08-01DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01707-5
I.M. Hastings , U. D’Alessandro
The evolution of drug-resistant malaria is one of the most important factors thwarting the development of effective malaria disease control. Several mathematical models have been developed to try and understand the dynamics of this process and how it can be slowed or even avoided. Much of the mathematics describing the evolution of drug resistance in malaria focuses on the derivation and mechanics of the calculations, which can make it inaccessible to experimentalists and field workers. In this article, Ian Hastings and Umberto D’Alessandro describe general model results without recourse to mathematical details, identify the factors that should be considered in the design of drug control programmes, and discuss the crucial parameters that remain unknown and need to be measured in the field or laboratory.
耐药疟疾的演变是阻碍疟疾疾病有效控制发展的最重要因素之一。一些数学模型已经被开发出来,试图理解这一过程的动力学,以及如何减缓甚至避免这一过程。描述疟疾耐药性演变的许多数学集中在计算的推导和机制上,这可能使实验人员和现场工作人员无法获得。在这篇文章中,Ian Hastings和Umberto D 'Alessandro描述了一般的模型结果,没有诉诸数学细节,确定了在药物控制规划设计中应该考虑的因素,并讨论了仍然未知的关键参数,需要在现场或实验室进行测量。
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