Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE ix
4. 1 INTRODUCTION 1
5. Host's Responses
6. 2 THE EOSINOPHIL IN PARASITIC INFECTIONS 7
7. 3 THE PISCINE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THE EFFECTS OF PARAmTIC PROTOZOANS ON THE IMMUNE RESPONSE 47
8. 4 PARASITES IN PERIL - THE TRICHURIOD NEMATODES 65
9. 5 APPLICATION OF SEROLOGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TRICHINELLOSIS 81
10. 6 APPLICATION OF SEROLOGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS 101
11. Metabolism
12. 7 PURINE AND PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS IN PARASITIC ORGANISMS 113
13. 8 PARASITE METABOLISM AS TARGETS FOR ANTIPARASITIC CHEMOTHERAPY 145
14. Ecology/Transmission
15. 9 ECOLOGY OF MARINE PARASITES 165
16. 10 REVIEW OF TRANSMISSION PATTERNS OF NEMATODE PARASITES OF VERTEBRATES 185
17. Evolution
18. 11 CONSTRAINTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE HISTORIES IN ZOOPARASITIC NEMATODA 221
19. 12 COEVOLUTION OF HELMINTHS AND VERTEBRATES 255