Advances in Parasitology

Invasion ecology meets parasitology: Advances and challenges

Biological invasions threaten the diversity and functioning of native ecosystems, and the rate at which species are being introduced to new areas shows no sign of slowing down. Parasites play roles in biological invasions, for instance when native parasites interact with exotic hosts, or when parasites themselves are introduced to new areas. However, publication trends show clearly that researc...

Neurocysticercosis: parasitology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and recent advances in management.

Cysticercosis, which is the most common parasitic cause of neurological disease in man, consists of infection by the larval stage (Cysticercus cellulosae) [1] of the pig tapeworm Taenia solium. The disease was described in pigs by Aristophanes and Aristotle in the third century BC, but Paranoli is credited with the first human account (involving the corpus callosum) in 1550 [2]. The term cystic...

Parasitology

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Recent advances in the use of geographical information systems with particular relevance to veterinary parasitology

During the past decades the publication of papers interest related to the use of geographical information systems (GIS) and/or remote sensing (RS) and of particular interest to veterinary parasitology veterinary followed an exponential trend. The use of GIS and RS is now generally accepted by the scientific community as a major tool contributing to the understanding of epidemiological processes...

Human parasitology in Czechoslovakia.