Toxoplasma Gondii: The Model Apicomplexan. Perspectives and MethodsLouis M. Weiss, Kami Kim Elsevier, 28 Apr 2011 - 800 halaman Toxoplasmosis is caused by a one-celled protozoan parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii. In the United States, it is estimated that approximately 30% of cats, the primary carriers, have been infected by T. gondii. Most humans contract toxoplasmosis by eating cyst-contaminated raw or undercooked meat, vegetables, or milk products or when they come into contact with the T. gondii eggs from cat feaces while cleaning a cat's litterbox, gardening, or playing in a sandbox. Approx 1 in 4 (more than 60 million) people in the USA are infected with the parasite, and in the UK between 0.5 and 1% of individuals become infected each year. By the age of 50, 40% of people test positive for the parasite. The predilection of this parasite is for the central nervous system (CNS) causing behavioral and personality alterations as well as fatal necrotizing encephalitis, and is especially dangerous for HIV infected patients. Though there have been tremendous strides in our understanding of the biology of Toxoplasma gondii in the last decade, there has been no systemic review of all of the information that has accumulated. Toxoplasma gondii provides the first comprehensive summary of literature on this organism by leading experts in the field who were responsible for organising the 7th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis in May 2003. It offeres systematic reviews of the biology of this pathogen as well as descriptions of the methods and resources used. Within the next year the T. gondii genome will be completed making this an indispensable research resource for biologists, physicians, parasitologists, and for all those contemplating experiments using T. gondii. * Serves as a model for understanding invasion of host cells by parasites, immune response, motility, differentiation, phylogenetics, evolution and organelle acquisition * Discusses the protocols related to genetic manipulation, cell biology and animal models while also providing reference material on available resources for working with this organism |
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Clinical Disease and Diagnostics | 81 |
Ocular Disease Due to Toxoplasma gondii | 101 |
Toxoplasmosis in Wild and Domestic Animals | 133 |
Toxoplasma Animal Models and Therapeutics | 153 |
Biochemistry and Metabolism of Toxoplasma gondii | 185 |
Genetic Manipulation of Toxoplasma gondii | 391 |
Gene Regulation | 419 |
The Secretory Protein Repertoire and Expanded Gene Families of Toxoplasma gondii and Other Apicomplexa | 445 |
Comparative Aspects of Nucleotide and Aminoacid Metabolism in Toxoplasma gondii and Other Apicomplexa | 465 |
Toxoplasma as a Model System for Apicomplexan Drug Discovery | 505 |
Proteomics of Toxoplasma gondii | 541 |
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis Pathogenesis and Host Resistance | 567 |
Innate Immunity in Toxoplasma gondii Infection | 593 |
The Apicoplast and Mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii | 207 |
Calcium Storage and Homeostasis in Toxoplasma gondii | 245 |
Toxoplasma Secretory Proteins and their Roles in Cell Invasion and Intracellular Survival | 265 |
Alterations in HostCell Biology due to Toxoplasma gondii | 317 |
Bradyzoite Development | 341 |
Development and Application of Classical Genetics in Toxoplasma gondii | 367 |
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