Advances in Parasitology, Volume 114, the latest release in this ongoing series, includes medical studies of parasites of major influence, along with reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy and life history. Chapters in this update include Global Health Governance and the World Health Organization during COVID-19: Current and future impact on control of parasitic diseases towards WHO 2030 targets, Combatting Anthelmintic Resistance in Ruminants, New insights into the Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis in human health and beyond, Control And Elimination Of Lymphatic Filariasis In Oceania: Prevalence, Geographical Distribution, Mass Drug Administration, and Surveillance In Samoa, 1998 To 2017.

About the Author
Professor David Rollinson is a Merit Research Scientist at the Natural History Museum in London, where he leads a research team in the Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories and directs the WHO Collaborating Centre for schistosomiasis. He has had a long fascination with parasites and the diseases that they cause, this has involved him in many overseas projects especially in Africa. He is on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel of parasitic diseases, the editor of Advances in Parasitology and a former President of the World Federation of Parasitologists. His research group uses a multidisciplinary approach, which combines detailed molecular studies in the laboratory with ongoing collaborative studies in endemic areas of disease, to explore the intriguing world of parasites in order to help control and eliminate parasitic diseases. Prof. Russell Stothard is Chair in Medical Parasitology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK


Book Information
ISBN 9780323907293
Author David Rollinson
Format Hardback
Page Count 254
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
Weight(grams) 1000g