Taxonomic Index to the Parasites and Vectors Considered
Subkingdom Protozoa Phylum Sarcomastigophora
Subphylum Mastigophora Class Zoomastigophora
Order Trichomonadida Trichomitopsis termopsidis, 369-371 Trichomonas gallinae, 175-176 Trichomonas vaxinalis, 5, 29, 115, 148, 177, 389 Tritrichomonas foetus, 148, 162, 164
Order Diplomonadida Giardia lamblia, 29, 31-32, 73, 121, 164, 262, 338, 345-346, 389, 442 Giardia muris, 72
Order Hypermastigida Trichonympha sphaerica, 370
Order Kinetoplastida Blastocrithidia culicis, 109, 373, 376-377 Crithidia deanei, 113, 373, 376-377 Crithidia fasciculata, 109, 113, 163, 181, 190-191, 195, 197 Crithidia oncopelti, 113, 373, 376-377 Herpetemonas muscarum, 181 Leishmania brasiliensis, 109-111, 395-397, 433-435 Leishmania donovani, 6,52,82,83, 109-111, 160, 163, 177, 197,227,262,
310, 395-397, 433--435 Leishmania enriettii, 310 Leishmania major, 163, 312, 434 Leishmania mexicana, 83, 106, 123-125, 160, 311 Leishmania tarentolae, 109, 114, 123, 190, 195 Leishmania tropica, 181, 309, 311 Leptomonas ctenocephali, 181 Leptomonas pessoai, 315
453
454 TAXONOMIC INDEX
Order Kinetoplastida (continued) Trypanosoma brucei brucei, 8, 35, 78, 101, 103, 128, 158-159, 162, 177,
181, 186-187, 190, 194-196, 233, 267-271, 435 Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, 35, 159, 233, 267, 276, 438-439 Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, 35, 159, 233, 267, 276, 407, 451 Trypanosoma congolense, 267, 275-276, 435 Trypanosoma cruzi, 7, 52, 53, 90, 102-103, 112, 126-127, 160, 163, 177,
190, 197, 233, 235, 313-317, 390-391, 395-397, 408, 423, 424, 439 Trypanosoma cyclops, 181 Trypanosoma equinum, 194, 195 Trypanosoma equiperdum, 181, 188, 190, 196, 197, 272 Trypanosoma evansi, 194, 196 Trypanosoma lewisi, 265-267 Trypanosoma musculi, 262-265 Trypanosoma rangeli, 181 Trypanosoma vivax, 126, 181, 267, 399, 435
Subphylum Sarcodina Class Lobosea
Order Amoebida Entamoeba histolytica, 4, 29, 31, 71, 73, 122-123, 147, 162, 177, 262,
337-345, 389, 442 Entamoeba invadens, 121
Phylum Apicomplexa Class Sporozoasida
Order Eucoccidiorida Suborder Eimeriorina
Cryptosporidium, 131 Eimeria auburnensis, 84, 85 Eimeria perforans, 86 Eimeria tenella, 9, 31, 63, 172, 177, 301 Isospora spp., 33 Sarcocystis muris, 85-87, 172 Sarcocystis cruzi, 177 Toxoplasma gondii, 10, 31, 34, 61, 84, 117, 163, 174-175, 177, 262,
301-303
Suborder Haemosporina Leucocytozoon simondi, 210-211, 213-214 Plasmodium berghei, 87, 89, 132, 134, 177, 243, 282, 293, 410, 413 Plasmodium brasilianum, 285, 288 Plasmodium chabaudi, 172, 410--411 Plasmodium coatneyi, 282 Plasmodium cynomolgi, 282 Plasmodium falciparum, 11, 56-61, 89-90, 104, 106, 128-129, 132, 134,
144, 155, 162, 177, 219-223, 228-232, 235, 245, 281, 284, 293-299, 394-395, 397-398, 402, 410, 412-413, 425-429
Plasmodium fallax, 132, 133 Plasmodium fragile, 282
TAXONOMIC INDEX
Suborder Haemosporina (continued) Plasmodium gallinaceum, 172, 299 Plasmodium inui, 244-245 Plasmodium knowlesi, 57, 155, 221, 223, 232-233, 242, 245, 282, 284,
290-291, 293, 410, 412-413 Plasmodium lophurae, 55, 86-89, 105, 118, 166, 177, 403 Plasmodium malariae, 245, 281, 426 Plasmodium ovale, 281, 413 Plasmodium vinckei, 300 Plasmodium vivax, 57, 132, 134, 218, 223, 281, 284, 293 Plasmodium yoelii, 172, 299
Order Piroplasmorida Babesia bigemina, 14, 300 Babesia bovis, 300 Babesia equi, 214 Babesia microti, 13, 55, 104, 245-246, 300 Babesia rhodhaini, 300 Theileria annulata, 217, 301 Theileria lawrenci, 301 Theileria parva, 12, 91, 214-216, 301
Phylum Microspora Class Microsporidida
Order Pleistophoridida Glugea anomala, 209 Glugea hertwigi, 48-49 Glugea stephani, 209-211
Order Nosematidida Ameson michaelis, 48, 50 Nosema algerae, 429 Nosema bombycis, 48, 51 Spraguea (Nosema) lophii, 47, 209
Subkingdom Metazoa Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Trematoda Order Malacocotylea (Digenea)
Brachylecithum sp., 204 Dicrocoelium sp., 204 Diplostomum f/exicaudum, 43, 449 Fasciola gigantica, 163 Fasciola hepatica, 15, 30, 171 Paragonimus westermani, 43 Schistosoma bovis, 334 Schistosoma haematobium, 136-138, 321, 401-402, 408, 440 Schistosoma japonicum, 321, 334, 401, 408, 440
455
Schistosoma mansoni, 16, 37, 104-105, 136-138, 154-155, 162, 164, 171, 177, 247-250, 321-335, 401-403, 408-409
Schistosoma matthei, 334
456
Class Cestoda Order Eucestoda
Suborder Pseudophyllidea Diphyllobothrium latum, 100, 117 Spirometra mansonoides, 17, 138-140, 201-203
Suborder Cyclophillidea Echinococcus granulosus, 20, 138, 408
TAXONOMIC INDEX
Hymenolepis diminuta, 18, 41, 75-76, 78, 97-100, 151, 153, 162, 164, 172, 177, 248-249
Hymenolepis microstoma, 140-143 Moniezia expansa, 153 Taenia solium, 19, 75 Taenia taeniafarmis, 30
Phylum Nematoda Order Trichinellida
Trichinella spiralis, 21, 29, 46, 92-94, 177, 203, 347-353 Trichuris muris, 164
Order Rhabditida Neoaplectema glaseri, 115-116 Strongyloides stercoralis, 262
Order Ascarida Ascaris lumbricoides, 22, 29-30, 151-154, 162, 176-177, 347, 399-400,
442,444 Ascaris suum, 117, 135-136 Aspiculuris tetraptera, 400 Parascaris equorum, 176-177 Toxocara sp., 43
Order Strongylida Ancylostoma caninum, 354 Ancylostoma ceylonicum, 356 Ancylostoma duodenale, 74, 347, 356, 442 Dictyocaulus viviparus, 354-355 Haemonchus contortus, 24, 30, 353 Necator americanus, 23, 74, 347, 356, 442-443 Nematospiroides dubius, 41, 401 Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, 164, 262, 354, 356 Ostertagia ostertagi, 135 Trichostrongylus colubriformis, 353-354
Order Spirurida Suborder Filariina
Brugia malayi, 44, 135 Brugia pahangi, 135 Onchocerca volvulus, 25, 36, 43, 431-435
TAXONOMIC INDEX
Phylum Acanthocephala Corynosoma constrictum, 204 Polymorph us paradoxus, 204
Phylum Mollusca Class Gasteropoda
Order Pulmonata Biomphalaria sp., 16 Biomphalaria glabrata, 37, 247 Bulinus sp., 16 Oncomelania sp., 16
Phylum Arthropoda Class Crustacea
Order Rhizocephala Sacculina carcini, 205-207
Class Arachnida Order Acarina
Amblyomma americanum, 357-359 Boophilus microplus, 14, 361-362 Dermacentor variabilis, 357, 359-360 Dermacentor andersoni, 359, 361 Haemophysalis leporis-palustris, 357 Ixodes dammini, 13, 363 Ixodes triangulicipes, 357 Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, 12
Class Insecta Order Heteroptera
Panstrongylus megistus, 439 Rhodnius prolixus, 372, 439 Triatoma infestans, 424, 439
Order Anoplura Pediculus capitis, 372-373
Order Strepsiptera Stylops sp., 207-208
Order Diptera Aedes aegypti, 172 Anopheles sp., 25 Anopheles dirus, 430 Anopheles freeborni, 430 Anopheles gambiae, 426 Anopheles maculipennis, 425 Anopheles stephensi, 172 Glossina sp., 26, 371
457
458
Order Diptera (continued) Glossina morsitans, 435, 437 Glossina palpalis, 438 Glossina tachinoides, 438 Lutzomyia sp., 434 Phlebotomus sp., 434 Simulium damnosum, 36, 431-435
TAXONOMIC INDEX
Subject Index
Acid phosphatase, of Leishmania, 81, 83, 309
Acrifiavin, effects on kinetoplast, 188, 194, 195
Adjuvants, 299, 300 Aedes aegypti, 172 Albendazole, 408 Allopurinol, 395-397 Amastigotes
of Leishmania, 123 of Leishmania, culture medium for,
124, 125 of Trypanosoma cruzi, culture medium
for, 126, 127 Amblyomma americanum, immune
reactions to, 357-359 Ameson michaelis, spore discharge in, 48 Amoeba proteus, strain D, endocellular
bacteria of, 379-381 Amphipod behavior, as affected by
cystacanths, 204, 206 Amprolium, 387, 389 Ancylostoma duodenale, head of, 74 Anopheles stephensi, 172 Ant behavior, as affected by
metacercariae, 204 Antimalarials and immune response,
410-411 Antimalarials to preerythrocytic stages,
413-414 Antiparasitic drugs, 415-417 Antrycide, 406, 408 Arrowhead <'Jrganelle, of Babesia microti,
66,67 Arsenicals, trypanocidal, 405
Artemisia annua, 386 Artemesinin, 387, 403 Ascaris lumbricoides, carbohydrate
metabolism of, 151-154 Ascaris suum, culture of, 135, 136 ATP, 147, 148, 150-152, 159, 161-163,
192, 359, 382 in erythrocyte invasion by malarial
merozoites, 60 in erythrocyte invasion by Toxoplasma,
63 requirement by extracellular
Plasmodium lophurae, 89, 118 ATPase, in Plasmodium lophurae
infection, 59-60 Autoimmune reactions, in Trypanosoma
cruzi infections, 314-315 Avermectins, 400-401, 409
B cells, 254 Babesia
entry into erythrocyte, 54-55 entry into tick, 66-67
Babesia bovis, vaccination against, 300
Bacil/us thuringiensis israeIensis, 429 Basophils, in immunity to ticks,
357-359 Behavior, human, and disease control,
440-444 Benzimidazole, 399-400, 409 Berenil, 406-408 Bile,
459
effects on excystation, 30-31 response to, by Nematospiroides, 41
460
Biomphalaria glabrata, sporocyst encapsulation by hemocytes, 247-248
Blastocrithidia culicis, endosymbionts of, 373, 376-378
Blood-feeding arthropods, and symbiotic bacteria, 371, 374
Boophilus microplus, immunization to, 361-362
Brugia spp", in vitro development, 135 Bodo caudatus, 185 Burkitt's lymphoma, 292
C-reactive protein, 234 Cattie, susceptibility to trypanosomes,
436-437 Caveolae, in erythrocytes with
Plasmodium vivax, 218 Cecropin, 250 Cellulose-digesting protozoa
of Cryptocercus, 369 of termites, 367, 369-371
Cercaria, 15-16 entry of, into host, 37-38 irradiated, 324, 334 transformation to schistosomulum,
323-325 Chagas' disease, as zoonosis,
439-440 Chemolithotrophic bacteria, symbiotic in
tube worms, 367 Chemotherapy for helminths,
in" domestic animals, 445-446 mass treatment of humans,
443-444 Cholinergic receptors, 400 Chloroquine, 403-404
resistance to, 410, 412-413 Cholesterol, and virulence of Entamoeba,
340 Chromosomes
of kinetoplastids, 181 of Plasmodium falciparum, 180
Ciliates, endocellular bacteria of, 377-379
Cinchona officinalis, 388 Circadian rhythm
of Hymenolepis, 41-42 of Onchocerca, 43
SUBJECT INDEX
Circumsporozoite proteins gene for, 295 of Plasmodium falciparum, 293-295 of Plasmodium knowlesi, 294-295
Circumsporozoite reaction, 284 Clefts, of malaria-infected erythrocytes,
218-219 Closantel, 402 Coenzyme A, 148-149, 152
biosynthesis of, 166 requirement for, 118, 166
Complement, 254-259, and entry of Babesia, 55
Coracidium, 201 Crisis forms, of malarial parasites,
285-289 Crithidia fasciculata, amino acid
requirements of, 111, 114 Crithidia oncopeiti, endosymbionts of,
373, 376, 378, 382 Cryptocercus, flagellates of, 172 Cryptosporidium, cultivation of, 131 Cutaneous leishmaniasis, 311-312 Cyclosporin A, 403 Cystacanth, effects of, on host
amphipods, 204-206 Cysteine
requirement by Spirometra, 139 requirement for, by Trypanosoma
brucei, 128 Cysts, of Entamoeba histolytica, 137 Cytochrome oxidase
in Ascaris, 153-154 in malarial parasites, 155, 157
Cytostome of malarial parasites, 103-104 of Trypanosoma cruzi, 102
DDT,425 Deazaadenosine, 397, 398 Defined medium for:
Crithidia fasciculata, 111 Leishmania brasiliensis promastigotes,
110-111 Leishmania donovani, 110-111 Leishmania tarentolae, 111, 114 Neoaplectana glaseri, 115-116 Trichomonas vaginalis, 114-115 Trypanosoma cruzi, 112
SUBJECT INDEX
Dermacentor variabilis, immune reactions to, 357, 360
Desferrioxamine, 402 effects of, 235
Developmental cues, 449-450 Dictyocaulas viviparus, vaccine for,
354-355 Difluoromethylornithine, 397-398 Dihydrofolate reductase, 392-393 Diphyllobothrium latum, vitamin B12
uptake by, 100, 117 Diploid condition, 171-172, 174-175 Disulfuram, 402 DNA
germ line, of Ascaris and Parascaris, 176-177
of kinetoplast, 185-197 repetitive, 176-179 somatic, of Ascaris and Parascaris,
176-177 Drug resistance, 408-4l3 Duffy blood group antigen, as receptor
for Plasmodium knowlesi, P. vivax, 57
Duffy factur, resistance to malaria and, 232-233
Dyskinetoplastic, 194
Echinococcus granulosus, cultivation of, l38
Ectoparasites, responses of hosts to, 362 Education and disease control, 440-444 Effector cells, 254 Eimeria, vaccination against, 301 Eimeria auburnensis, parasitophorous
vacuole of, 84-85 Eimeria spp., entry into cells, 63-64 Eimeria tenella, excystation of, 31 Encystation
of Entamoeba, 121 of Giardia, 121
Endocytosis by amoebae, 100-101 by Babesia, 103, 105 by malarial parasites, 103-105 by Trypanosoma cruzi, 102-103 induced, 55, 61, 63-64
Endosymbionts, 368-369, 371-382 Energy parasitism, 161
Entamoeba histolytica carriers of, 337-339 cholesterol and virulence of, 340 culture media for, 122-123 cysts of, 337-339 cytolethal effects of, 341-345
461
effect of metronidazole, 389-390 erythrophagocytosis and virulence of,
340-344 excystation of, 31 pyruvate metabolism of, 147-148 virulence of, 339-344
Eosinophils effect on schistosomulum,
330-333 effects of, on Trichinella, 352-353
Erythrocyte mutants, resistant to Plasmodium falciparum, 228-232
Erythrophagocytosis, and virulence of Entamoeba, 340-344
Ethidium, 406, 408 Ethidium bromide, effect on kinetoplast,
194 Euplotes aediculatis, endocellular bacteria
of,379 Evaginating solution
for cysticercoids of Hymenolepis, 140
for plerocercoids of Spirometra, 139 Excystation, 30-35 Exoerythrocytic stages of malaria,
cultivation of, l32-l34
Fasciola hepatica, metacercaria, excystation of, 30
Folate metabolism, interference with, 392-393
Folates, 165-166 Formycin B, 396
GABA,400 Gambusia, 429 Gametocyte formation, in Plasmodium,
176, 178 Garki Project, 425-428 Gene-for-gene hypothesis, 227 Gene switching, 450 Genome size, of representative
parasites, 176-177
462
Giardia lamblia attachment to intestine, 72-73 carbohydrate metabolism of, 151 effect of metronidazole, 389-390 excystation of, 31-32
Glaucarubinones, 402 Glossina austeni, symbiotic bacteria of,
371, 374, 375 Glossina morsitans, as trypanosome
vector, 435-437 Glossina palpalis, as trypanosome vector,
438 Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
deficiency and resistance to Plasmodium
falciparum, 230-232 Glucose utilization, by Schistosoma
mansoni, 154 Glugea hertwigi, spore discharge in, 49 Glycerophosphate oxidase pathway, 159 Glycocalyx of cercaria, 323 Glycolysis
in Ascaris, 151-152 in Entamoeba, 147-148 in Giardia, 151 in Plasmodium, 155-157 in Schistosoma, 154-155 in Trichomonas, 148-150 in trypanosomes, 158-160 interference with, 399
Glycophorin, as receptor for Plasmodium falciparum, 57-59
Glycoprotein, on schistosomulum, 327
Haemonchus contortus, antigens of, 353 Haploid condition, 171-172, 175 Hemin, synthesis by endosymbionts,
373, 377-378 Hemolymph, antibacterial activity of,
250-251 Hemocytes, of Biomphalaria glabrata,
247-248 Hemozoin, 103 High density lipoprotein, resislance to
Trypanosoma brucei and, 233-234 Histidine-rich protein,
of Plasmodium falciparum, 294 of Plasmodium lophurae, 64, 294
Histamine, effects on tick feeding, 359, 361
SUBJECT INDEX
Hookworm infection, 442-443 Hookworms, attachment mechanisms,
74 Hyalophora cecropia, antibacterial activity
of hemolymph of, 250 Hycanthone, 401, 408-409
resistance to, 409 Hydrogenosomes, 148-150 Hydroxynaphthoquinones, 393-395 Hymenolepis diminuta
circadian migration of, 41-42 scolex of, 76 tegument of, 75-78 transport in, 97-100
Hymenolepis microstoma cultivation of, 140-143 hemin requirement by, 142-143
Hypersensitivity and immune reaction to ticks, 358-360 to intestinal nematodes, 353
Hypersensitivity, delayed type and immunity to schistosomes, 334 in leishmanial infection, 312
Hypertrophy, 209-211, 213-216, 381 Hypnozoites, 413
Immunoglobulins, 257, 259-261 Immunosuppression, by malaria,
291-292 Insecticides, 425-426 Integrated control, 429-430 Interferon
beta, effects on Trypanosoma cruzi, 316 gamma, effect on Toxoplasma, 302-303
Iron deficiency, and malaria, 234-235 Isospora spp., excystation of, 33 Isozymes, inheritance of, in Plasmodium
chabaudi, 173 Ivermectin, 401
Kappa, 377, 381-382 Karyograms, molecular, of
kinetoplastids, 181 Knob protein, 220, 222 Knobs, of erythrocytes with Plasmodium
falciparum, 90, 218-223
Larva migrans, 43 Lectins, as affected by endosymbionts,
382
SUBJECT INDEX
Leishmania amastigotes, location in phagosome,
81-84 effects of purine analogues on,
395-397 entry into host cells, 51
Leishmania brasiliensis, defined medium for promastigotes of, 110-111
Leishmania donovani defined medium for promastigotes of,
110-111 gene for susceptibility in mice, 227 mouse genotype and course of
infection by, 310 Leishmania mexicana
amastigotes, culture of, 124-125 effects of antibodies on, 311-312
Leishmania tarentolae amino acid requirements of, 111, 114 transcription in maxicircles, 189-190
Leishmaniasis, as zoonosis, 433-435 Leucocytozoon simondi, effects on host
cell, 210-211, 213-214 Levamisole, 400, 409 Life cycles, diagrams of, 4-26 Lutzomyia, 309 Lymphokines, 255
effects on Trypanosoma cruzi, 316-317
Malarial erythrocytic stage antigens of, 294, 296-298 immunization with, 296
Malarial merozoite, entry into erythrocyte, 55-61
Malarial parasite, 11, 36 carbohydrate metabolism of, 155-158 drug resistance in, 409-413 folate metabolism of, 392-393
Malarial sporozoites, irradiated, immunization with, 293
Masking of antigens, 333 Mathematical models
for helminth infections, 443-444, 446 for malaria, 426-428
Maxicircles, 187, 189-190 Mebendazole, 399-400 Mefloquine, 403-404 Mel B, 405 Metacercariae, 15
effects of, on host ants, 204
463
Metacyclic variable antigens (MV AT) of Trypanosoma brucei, 273-275 of T. congolense, 275-276
Metal chelators, 402 Methylation, interference with,
397-398 Metrifonate, 402 Metronidazole, 389-390 Microcirculatory obstruction, by
Plasmodium falciparum, 221 Microfilariae, 43
density of, 432 Microsporidia, hatching of spores of, 46,
48-50 Microtubules, drug effects on,
399-400 Migration in host
of Diplostomum, 43-44 of Hymenolepis, 41-42 of lung fluke, 43
Minicircles, 187, 190-193 Miracidium, 16, 37
host finding by, 37 Mitochondria
of Ascaris, ATP formation in, 152 of malarial parasites, 157-158 of trypanosomes, 158, 160
Molluscicides, for snail control, 441 Monoclonal antibodies, 260-261 Mosquitoes, behavior of, 425 Mycetocytes, 371 Mycetome, 371-372
NADH oxidase, in Plasmodium lophurae infection, 59
N'Dama cattle, and trypanosomiasis, 436-437
Necator americanus, head of, 74 Nematospiroides dubius, response of, to
bile, 41 Neoaplectana glaseri, defined medium for,
116 Nifurtimox, 390-391 Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, immune
expulsion of, 354, 356 NK cells, 253, 255 Nosema algerae, 429 Nurse cell, 46, 92-94 Nutrition, role of endosymbionts in,
371-378
464
Omikron, 379 Onchocerca, circadian rhythm of, 43 Onchocerciasis, 431-435 Ostertagia ostertagi, cultivation of, 135 Ovalocytosis, and resistance to
Plasmodium fa/Ciparum, 232 Oxamniquine, 401, 403 Oxidative killing, 255-256
of Plasmodium falciparum by leukocytes, 289
Oxygen requirement, 161 of Entamoeba, 147 of Plasmodium, 157 of Schistosoma, 155
p-Aminobenzoic acid, 387, 392 Paramecium aurelia, endocellular bacteria
of, 377 Parasite rate, 428 Parasitophorous membrane, 84-90,
380-381 Parasitophorous vacuole, 52, 84-85 Pediculus capitis, symbiotic bacteria of,
372-373 Pentamidine, 406 Petite mutants, of yeast, 195 Phagocytosis
of Leishmania, 51 of Trypanosoma cruzi, 52
Phagolysosome, 51, 309 Phagosome, as site for Leishmania, 81-84 Phlebotomus, 309 Phosphofructokinase, of schistosomes,
399 Pinocytosis, by Trypanosoma brucei, 101,
103 Piperazine, 400 Polaroplast, 46-47 Poecilia, 429 Planetic nuclei, 210, 212 Plasmodium berghei
cultivation of exoerythrocytic stage, 132
parasitophorous membrane of, 87, 89 Plasmodium brasilianum, crisis forms of,
285,288 Plasmodium chabaudi, genetics of, 172, 173 Plasmodium falciparum
antigens of erythrocytic stage, 294, 296-298
SUBJECT INDEX
Plasmodium falciparum (continued) chromosomes of, 180 circadian rhythm, 144 clones of, 178-180 crisis forms of, 285-287, 289 cultivation of erythrocytic stages,
128-130 cultivation of exoerythrocytic stages,
132 effect of desferrioxamine, 402 effect of disulfuram, 402 effect of hydroxynaphthoquinones,
394-395 effect of sinefungin, 397, 398 effect of tumor necrosis factor on,
286 gametocytes of, 128-129 gametocytocidal drugs, 414 interference with purine metabolism
in, 396-397 interference with pyrimidine
biosynthesis in, 394-395 knobs on infected red cells, 90 mutants resistant to, 228-232 oxygen requirement of, 157 pantothenate requirement, 403 passive transfer of protection, 283 repetitive DNA of, 178, 179
Plasmodium fal/ax, cultivation of exoerythrocytic stage, 132-133
Plasmodium yoe/ii, genetics of, 173-174 Plasmodium knowlesi
antigenic variation in, 290 duffy factor and, 232-233 trapping of, in spleen, 239, 242
Plasmodium inui, effect of spleen on course of infection, 244-245
Plasmodium lophurae CoA requirement of, 166 developing extracellularly, 88 parasitophorous membrane of, 87-89
Plasmodium vivax cultivation of exoerythrocytic stage,
132, 134 duffy factor and, 233
Polyamine synthesis, interference with, 397-398
Polyploidy, 381 Praziquantel, 401 Primaquine, 414
SUBJECT INDEX
Procercoid, 201 Promastigote-amastigote transformation,
123 Promastigotes, of Leishmania, 121, 125 Proteolytic enzymes
of Leishmania mexicana, 106 of Plasmodium falciparum, 105-106 of Schistosoma mansoni, 104-105
Purine metabolism of Leishmania, 163 interference with, 395-397
Pyrimethamine, 387, 389, 392-393 resistance to, 413
Pyrimethamine resistance, inheritance of, in Plasmodium yoeIii, 173-174
Pyrimidine biosynthesis, 163-165 interference with, 393-395
Pyruvate, oxidation of, 148-150
Qinghaosu, 385-387, 391, 403-404 Quinine, 387-388, 403
Receptors, for malarial merozoites, 56-59
Resistant forms, 29 Rhizobia, 377 Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, 423 Rhodnius prolixus, symbiotic bacteria of,
372 Rhoptries, 58, 64-66 River blindness, 432-433 Romanomermis culicivorax, 429
Sacculina carcini, 205-207 Salicylhydroxamic acid, 160, 399 Salivary gland cells, of Rhipicephalus
infected with Theileria, 214-216 Sarcocystis muris, parasitophorous
vacuole of, 85-87 Schistosoma haematobium
cultivation of, 136-138 effects of metrifonate, 402
Schistosoma mansoni antigens of, 327, 333-335 carbohydrate metabolism of,
154-155 cercariae of, 322 cultivation of, 136-138 effects of closantel, 402 egg granuloma caused by, 326
Schistosoma mansoni (continued) encapsulation of sporocysts of,
247-248
465
monoclonal antibodies to, 327-329 resistance to hycanthone, 409 schistosomula of, 322-324
Schistosomes, 16, 37 effects of praziquantel, 401
Schistosomiasis, control methods, 440-442
Schistosomulum, 43 glycoprotein of, 327 immune reaction to, 328-330 in lungs, 326 surface of, 324
Schizont-infected cell agglutination (SICA),290
Scolex of Taenia, 75 of Hymenolepis, 76
Scrub typhus, 423-424 "Self-cure," 353 Sensory organelles, 44-45 Sickle hemoglobin, and resistance to
Plasmodium falciparum, 228-230 Sinefungin, 397, 398 Sparganum growth factor, 201-203 Spectrin, in erythrocyte invasion by
malarial merozoites, 61 Spirometra mansonoides
cultivation of, 138-140 growth factor from, 201-203
Spore discharge, in Microsporidia, 46-50
Sporocyst, of Schistosoma mansoni, 247-248
Sporozoites, malarial antibodies to, 283-285 assay for, 429-431 cell-mediated immunity against,
284-285 Spraguea (Nosema) lophii, 47, 209 Stylopization, 207-208 Sulfa drugs, 387, 392-393 Sulfadoxine, 393 Suramin, 399, 404-405
T cells, 253-254 Taenia solium, scolex of, 75 Tegument, of tapeworms, 75-78
466
Theileria, vaccination against, 301 Theileria annulata, in lymphoblastoid cell,
217 Theileria parva
effects on tick salivary gland cell, 214-216
in bovine lymphoblasts, 214 in lymphoblastoid cells, 91
Thiabendazole, 399-400 Thiopurinol, 395-397 Thymidylate synthesis cycle, 392-393 Toxic free radicals, 389-392 Toxoplasma gondii
entry into cell, 61-64 excystation of, 31, 34 genetics of, 174-175 inhibition by gamma-interferon,
302-303 Transcription, in kinetoplast maxicircles,
189-190, 193 Transformation, in Trichomonas gallinae,
175-176 Transmission-blocking immunity, to
malaria, 297, 299 Transmission by vectors, 35-36 Transport in tapeworms
of amino acids, 97-98 of other metabolites, 100 of purines and pyrimidines, 99-100
Triatoma infestans, breeding places of, 423-424
Tricarboxylic acid cycle, 151, 158, 160 Trichomonas vaginalis
effect of metronidazole, 389-390 defined medium for, 115 hydrogenosomes of, 148-150
Trichinella spiralis acquired immunity to, 347-353 antigens of, 348, 350 in nurse cell, 92-94 monoclonal antibodies to, 352 stichosomes of, 350-351
Trichomitopsis termopsidis, cellulose digestion by, 369-371
Trichonympha sphaerica, axenic culture of, 370
Trichostrongylus colubriformis, immunization of guinea pigs to, 353-354
SUBJECT INDEX
Tritrichomonas foetus hydrogenosomes of, 148-150 metabolic reactions of, 150
Tropical splenomegaly, 240, 242, 244 Trypanosoma brucei
cysteine requirement of, 128 effect of HDL on, 233-234 metabolism of, 158-160 metacyclic variable antigens, 273-275 protein uptake and digestion, 101, 103 sexual recombination in, 175 variant surface glycoproteins, 268-271
Trypanosoma congolense, metacyclic variable antigens, 275-276
Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes, culture of, 126-127 and autoimmune reactions, 314-315 defined medium for, 112 effect of nifurtimox, 390-391 effects of lymphokines on, 316-317 effects of purine analogues on,
395-397 endocytosis by, 102-103 entry into host cell, 52-53 surface glycoprotein of, 316 vectors of, 423-424
Trypanosoma gambiense, in West Africa, 438-439
Trypanosoma equiperdum, variable antigen types, 272
Trypanosoma lewisi, and ablastin, 265-267 Trypanosoma musculi, and zinc
deficiency, 262 Trypanosoma rhodesiense
as a zoonosis, 437-438 effects of berenil, 407
Trypanosoma vivax culture of, 126 effects of SHAM and glycerol, 399
Trypanosomes effect of difluoromethylornithine,
397-398 Trypanosomiasis
African, human, 437-439 animal, as zoonosis, 435 central nervous system, drugs
against, 398, 405-408, 414-415 Trypanothione, 161 Tryparsamide, 405
SUBJECT INDEX
Tsetse flies, and trypanosomiasis, 435-437
Tubulin, genes for, 181-182 Tularemia, reduced transmission after
vaccination to ticks, 361 Tumor necrosis factor, 234
effect on Plasmodium falciparum, 286
Uroporphyrinogen synthase, 378
Variant specific antigens of Plasmodium knowlesi, 221, 223, 290
Variant surface glycoproteins (VSG), of African trypanosomes, 268-271 genes for, 271-273 lack of, on procyclic forms, 272
Vectorial capacity, 425 Vitamin B12
uptake by Ascaris suum, 117
467
uptake by Diphyllobothrium, 110, 117
Xenoma, 209, 211 Xenosomes, 378
Zebu cattle, and trypanosomiasis, 436-437
Zinc deficiency and resistance to Trypanosoma musculi,
262 Zoonosis, 433-437
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