Description
Section I: Biology of Ascaris 1. Immunology of Ascaris and immunomodulation 2. Ascaris and allergy 3. The significance of ABA-1 4. Implications of co-infection with Ascaris Section II: Model systems 5. The use of the mouse model to explore the role of the liver in susceptibility and resistance to Ascaris 6. Unique attributes of Ascaris as a model system: Neurobiology Section III: Epidemiology of ascariasis 7. Ascaris lumbricoides: new epidemiological insights and mathematical approaches 8. Genetic epidemiology of Ascaris 9. Mathematical Modeling Section IV. Host and parasite genetics 10. New insights into evolutionary-history and phylogeography of Ascaris 11. Ascaris genomics 12. Human host susceptibility to ascariasis Section V. Clinical aspects and public health 13. The extent of the problem: numbers and impact (Ascaris lumbricoides) 14. Impact of Ascaris suum in livestock 15. Approaches to control of STHs including ascariasis 16. Diagnosis and control of Ascaris suum
