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Invertebrate immunity. Mechanisms of invertebrate vector-parasite relations
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BOOK
Invertebrate KAKL
Immunity.
MAKA-MOROSLH
KEVIEWS
Mechanisms of Invertebrate .ISD ROBERT E. SHOW. Academic
Vector-Parasite Press. New York.
Relations. 1975. 365
Enr I I:!) ~$1
pp. $16.50.
The chapters of this book were prepared for presentation at a workshop on invertebrate defense mechanisms sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. The book is intended to provide the first modern integrated presentation of phenomena and mechanisms pertaining to immunity in invertebrates. The volume is composed of four sections, totalling 24 chapters in all. The first section is devoted to the barrier imposed by the gut to invading parasites. Section two consists of an analysis of invertebrate immunity which focuses primarily upon the role of invertebrate hemocytes and other phagocytic cells. The third section relates humoral defense mechanisms with hemolymph components and the fourth section deals primarily with their mechanisms for vector destruction. namely. melanization, hormones and encapsulation. The primary purpose of this book is to provide a stimulating forum for the discussion of new ideas and observations pertaining to immunity in invertebrate. Although several chapters in this book fulfill the primary purpose, the volume as a whole is excessively heterogeneous with respect to style, depth, scope, and quality. The index is inadequate for a volume of such scope and diversity and the text has several typographical errors. inconsistencies in style. jargon, and grammatical errors. There are. however. a number of creditable chapters in the volume. The articles by Tripp on humoral factors and molluscan immunity and Paschke and Summers on early events in the infection of the arthropod gut by pathogenic insect viruses are particularly good. Other noteworthy chapters are those by Nappi on parasite encapsulation in insects; Anderson on phagocytosis by invertebrate cells irr rCfro. biochemical events. and other characteristics compared with vertebrate phagocytic systems; and Bang on phagocytosis in invertebrates. In general, this volume is readable. and presents a spectrum of knowledge unknown to most immunologists. Since no comparable book is available. this volume may well be considered indispensable to all individuals interested in comparative immunology and in particular those persons specifically interested in mechanisms of immunity in invertebrates. This book is recommended to research workers and graduate students in invertebrate biology. protozoology. parasitology and immunology. G. B. Wll.SO\ Husic
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BOOK
Invertebrate KAKL
Immunity.
MAKA-MOROSLH
KEVIEWS
Mechanisms of Invertebrate .ISD ROBERT E. SHOW. Academic
Vector-Parasite Press. New York.
Relations. 1975. 365
Enr I I:!) ~$1
pp. $16.50.
The chapters of this book were prepared for presentation at a workshop on invertebrate defense mechanisms sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. The book is intended to provide the first modern integrated presentation of phenomena and mechanisms pertaining to immunity in invertebrates. The volume is composed of four sections, totalling 24 chapters in all. The first section is devoted to the barrier imposed by the gut to invading parasites. Section two consists of an analysis of invertebrate immunity which focuses primarily upon the role of invertebrate hemocytes and other phagocytic cells. The third section relates humoral defense mechanisms with hemolymph components and the fourth section deals primarily with their mechanisms for vector destruction. namely. melanization, hormones and encapsulation. The primary purpose of this book is to provide a stimulating forum for the discussion of new ideas and observations pertaining to immunity in invertebrate. Although several chapters in this book fulfill the primary purpose, the volume as a whole is excessively heterogeneous with respect to style, depth, scope, and quality. The index is inadequate for a volume of such scope and diversity and the text has several typographical errors. inconsistencies in style. jargon, and grammatical errors. There are. however. a number of creditable chapters in the volume. The articles by Tripp on humoral factors and molluscan immunity and Paschke and Summers on early events in the infection of the arthropod gut by pathogenic insect viruses are particularly good. Other noteworthy chapters are those by Nappi on parasite encapsulation in insects; Anderson on phagocytosis by invertebrate cells irr rCfro. biochemical events. and other characteristics compared with vertebrate phagocytic systems; and Bang on phagocytosis in invertebrates. In general, this volume is readable. and presents a spectrum of knowledge unknown to most immunologists. Since no comparable book is available. this volume may well be considered indispensable to all individuals interested in comparative immunology and in particular those persons specifically interested in mechanisms of immunity in invertebrates. This book is recommended to research workers and graduate students in invertebrate biology. protozoology. parasitology and immunology. G. B. Wll.SO\ Husic
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