Biology 475 – Parasitology

Spring 2009

Reserve Reading¹

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RR1a: Yoon, C. K. 1993. What might cause parasites to become more virulent. Science 259: 1402.

RR1b: Herre, E. A. 1993. Population structure and the evolution of virulence in nematode parasites of fig wasps. Science 259: 1442-1445.

RR2a: Schmidt, K. 1995. Trypanosome mystery solved? Science 268: 204.

RR2b: Smith, A, B. J. D. Esko, S. L. Hajduk. 1995. Killing of trypanosomes by the human haptoglobin-related protein. Science 268: 284-286.

RR3: Reed, S. G. 2001. Leishmaniasis Vaccination: Targeting the Source of Infection. J. Exp. Med. 194: F7-F9

RR4: Dalton, R. 2008. Battlefield insectica. Nature 454: 18-19.

RR5: Loftus, B. et al. 2005. The genome of the protist parasite, Entamoeba histolytica. Nature 433: 865-868.

RR6: Alphey, L. et al. 2002. Malaria control with genetically manipulated insect vectors. Science 298: 120-121.

RR7: Health agency backs use of DDT against malaria. 2006. Nature 443: 250-251

RR8: Lieberman, B. 2008. Details of being human. Nature 454: 21-23.

RR9: Saeij, J. P. J.. S. Coller, J. P. Boyle, M.E. Jerome, M. W. White and J. C. Boothroyd. 2006.Toxoplasma co-opts host gene expression by injection of a polymorphic kinase homologue. Nature doi:10.1038/nature05395: 1-4.

RR10: Curtis, L. A. 1987. Vertical distribution of an estuarine snail altered by a parasite. Science. 235:1509-1511.

Cappron, M. and A. Capron. 1994. Immunoglobulin E and effector cells in schistosomiasis. Science 264: 1876-1877.

RR11: Craig, P.S., Deshan, L. and Zhaoxun, D. 1991. Hydatid disease in China. Parasitology Today. 7:46-50

RR12: Nielsen, C. 1998. Sequences lead to tree of worms. Nature 392: 25-26.

RR13: Blaxter, M. L., P. DeLey, J. R. Garey, L. X. Liu, P. Scheildeman, A. Vierstraete, J. R. Vanlfeteren, L. Y. Mackey, M. Dorris, L. M. Frisse, J. T. Vida and W. K. Thomas. 1998. A molecular evolutionary framework for the Phylum Nematoda. Nature 392: 71-75.

RR14: Hinnebusch, B.J., Perry, R.D., and Schwan, T.G. 1996. Role of the Yersinia pestis hemin storage (hms) locus in the transission of plague by fleas. Science 273:367-370

RR15: Hafner, M. S., P. D. Sudman, F. X. Villablanca, T. A. Spradling, J. W. Demastes and S. A Nadler. 1994. Disparate rates of molecular evolution in cospeciating hosts and parasites. Science 265: 1087-1090.

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