Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Toxoplasmosis, held at Fontevraud, France, June 28 - July 2, 1992
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Molecular Biology. - Allelic polymorphyism in Toxoplasma gondii: implications for interstrain mating. - Study of genetic polymorphism of Toxoplasma gondii through isoenzyme analysis. - Expression of apical organelle antigens by a Toxoplasma gondii genomic library. - Dense granule antigens of Toxoplasma gondii. - A strategy for cloning a DNA polymerase gene of Toxoplasma gondii. - Extrachromosomal DNA in the Apicomplexa. - Cell Biology. - Formation and modification of the parasitophorous vacuole occupied by Toxoplasma gondii. - The parasitophorous vacuole membrane surrounding T. gondii: a specialized interface between parasite and cell. - Toxoplasma gondii: Motility and Invasion. - Toxoplasma gondii: Patterns of bradyzoite-tachyzoite interconversion in vitro. - The growth and development of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts in vitro. - Recent advances in the glycobiology of Toxoplasma gondii. - Immunology. - Role of P30 in attachment and immunity to T gondii. - Secretory IgA, antibody to SAG1, H-2 class I-restricted CD8+ T-lymphocytes and the INT1 locus in protection against Toxoplasma gondii. - Factors responsible for development of toxoplasmic enchephalitis in immunocompromised hosts. - Synergistic and compensatory roles of CD4+, CD8 + T-lymphocytes and natural killer cells in resistance to Toxoplasma gondii. - Human T-cell clones as tools to identify protective antigens of Toxoplasma gondii. - Protection of mice and nude rats against Toxoplasmosis by an octomaeric construct of the P30 48 67 peptide. - Toxoplasmosis Vaccines Diagnosis & Chemotherapy. - Synergistic drug combinations in the treatment of toxoplasmosis. - Toxoplasma gondii: Chemotherapy. - Diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infections by molecular detection. - Use of Toxoplasma gondii recombinant antigens for diagnosis andseroepidemiology. - Progress towards the development of a vaccine against congenital toxoplasmosis: Identification of protective antigens and the selection of appropriate adjuvants. - Development of a live vaccine against ovine toxoplasmosis. - Abstracts. - Genetic regulation of Toxoplasma gondii infection: influence of LSH/ITY/BCG gene. - Establishing a laboratory for parasitic genome analysis: focus on the parasitic protozoa Toxoplasma, Trypanosoma and Leishmania. - Mucosal immune response in Tpxoplasmosis. - Antenatal screening for Toxoplasmosis in Turkiye. - Toxoplasmosis in Greece: Serological studies. - Critical evaluation of IgA antibodies as an indication of early Toxoplasma-infection. - Expression of Toxoplasma gondii genes in rBCG.
