National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China : 70 years and beyond /
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| Imprint: | London : Academic Press, 2020. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Advances in parasitology ; v. 110 Advances in parasitology ; v. 110. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12380125 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China: 70 Years and Beyond
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface: Development strategy of NIPD-CTDR in the new era
- 1. Foreword
- 2. Major achievements
- 2.1. Promoting parasitic diseases from control to elimination
- 2.2. Promoting technological innovation in national medical parasitology
- 2.3. Promoting the disciplinary development in tropical medicine and global health
- 3. Future orientations
- References
- Chapter One: Contributions and achievements on schistosomiasis control and elimination in China by NIPD-CTDR
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The endemic status of schistosomiasis in P.R. China
- 3. Transmission patterns and evolution of the control strategy on schistosomiasis
- 3.1. Epidemiological patterns
- 3.1.1. Plains & water network regions
- 3.1.2. Marshlands & lakes regions
- 3.1.2.1. Combination of sluice construction and snail control in the Poyang Lake
- 3.1.2.2. Test for snail control by aircraft spraying
- 3.1.3. Hilly & mountainous regions
- 3.1.4. The influence of Three Gorges Dam on schistosomiasis transmission
- 3.2. Strategy evolution
- 3.2.1. The first stage, from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s
- 3.2.2. The second stage, from the 1980s to the beginning of the 21st century
- 3.2.3. The third stage, from 2004 to present
- 4. Diagnostics and vaccine development
- 4.1. Development and application of diagnostics
- 4.1.1. Parasitological diagnosis
- 4.1.1.1. Hatching test
- 4.1.1.2. Improved Kato-Katz method combined with faecal hatching evaluation
- 4.1.2. Immunological diagnosis
- 4.1.2.1. The intradermal test
- 4.1.2.2. Cercarien-Hullen-Reaktion
- 4.1.2.3. The circumoval precipitin test
- 4.1.2.4. Latex agglutination test
- 4.1.2.5. Enzyme-linked immunoelectron transfer blot assay
- 4.1.2.6. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- 4.1.2.7. Rapid diagnostic kits
- 4.1.3. Assessment of diagnostic assays and quality control
- 4.1.3.1. Assessment of diagnostic assays
- 4.1.3.2. Quality control
- 4.2. Vaccines development
- 4.2.1. Vaccine candidate antigens
- 4.2.2. Multivalent vaccines
- 4.2.3. Immunization test on cattle
- 5. Research and development of drugs and molluscicides
- 5.1. Drug development for human treatment
- 5.1.1. Praziquantel
- 5.1.1.1. Effect of praziquantel on the nervous system activity of schistosomes
- 5.1.1.2. Effect of praziquantel on the metabolism of schistosomes
- 5.1.1.3. Effect of praziquantel on the ultrastructure of different stages of schistosomes
- 5.1.1.4. Comparison of the effects of different structures of praziquantel on schistosomes
- 5.1.2. Artemether
- 5.1.2.1. Mechanism of action
- 5.1.2.2. Field trials
- 5.1.3. Other new anti-schistosomiasis drugs
- 5.2. Molluscicides development
- 5.2.1. Bromoacetamide
- 5.2.2. Niclosamide
- 5.2.3. Development of novel chemical molluscicides