Faculty of Science

Objectives

To review the immunology of malaria, trypanosomiasis, bilharziasis and onchocerciasis, and its relevance to host/parasite resistance or susceptibility to infection.

Contents

Parasite immunology – immunology of malaria; African trypanosomiasis; bilharziasis (schistosomiasis); and onchocerciasis; etc.; immune response to gastrointestinal helminths; immune – modulation in protozoan and helminthic infections and immune evasion strategies; emerging and re-emerging zoonotic parasites; new models in Parasitology.