Synopses & Reviews
Parasites experience two environments; one reflecting external conditions, the other created by the living host. The constraints imposed by these environments provide an avenue into the rich diversity of parasitology. Papers review familiar and unfamiliar extreme physical conditions from low temperatures and desiccation to the powerful water currents faced by some fish parasites. The environment created by the host and parasite adaptation to host immunity is covered in several papers, including immune evasion, host-switching, and the effect of parasites on the evolution of immunity.
Synopsis
This volume examines parasite adaptation to both their external environment and the host environment. Extreme physical conditions including low temperatures, desiccation and powerful water currents are covered, and parasite adaptation to host immunity is reviewed, including immune evasion, host-switching and the effect of parasites on the evolution of immunity.
Synopsis
Examines parasite adaptation to both external conditions and their host environment.
Table of Contents
Introduction R. C. Tinsley; Parasites and low temperatures D. A. Wharton; Desiccation survival of parasitic nematodes R. N. Perry; The survival of monogenean (platyhelminth) parasites on fish skin G. C. Kearn; Pentastomids and the tetrapod lung J. Riley and R. J. Henderson; Parasite adaptation to extreme conditions in a desert environment R. C. Tinsley; Do parasites live in extreme environments? Constructing hostile niches and living in them C. Combes and S. Morand; Analysis of parasite host-switching: limitations on the use of phylogenies J. A. Jackson; Digenean parasites of deep-sea teleosts: a review and case studies of intrageneric phylogenies R. A. Bray, D. T. J. Littlewood, E. A. Herniou, B. Williams and R. E. Henderson.