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Acta Tropica

Acta Tropica Volume 40 (1983)
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Issue 1 _
Front matter _
Table of Contents 3
Miscellaneous 4
Article: "Trypanosoma cruzi" : variation in susceptibility of inbred strains of rats 5
Article: Host-parasite interactions which influence the virulence of "Trypanosoma (Trypanozoon) brucei brucei" organisms 11
Article: Analysis of the variable antigen composition of "Trypanosoma brucei brucei" metacyclic trypanosomes using monoclonal antibodies 19
Article: Characterization of "Trypanozoon" stocks by isoelectric focusing and isoenzyme analysis 25
Article: The effect of parasitization by "Leishmania mexicana mexicana" on macrophage function in vitro 29
Article: A labour-saving method for the in vitro culture of "Plasmodium falciparum" 39
Article: Analysis of "Brugia pahangi" microfilariae surface carbohydrates : comparison of the binding of a panel of fluoresceinated lectins to mature in vivo-derived and immature in utero-derived microfilariae 45
Article: Antibody responses to experimental "Brugia malayi" infections in Patas and Rhesus monkeys 53
Article: Vector compatibility of "Phlebotomus papatasi" dependent on differentially induced digestion 65
Article: Serum ferritin in Nigerian patients with Burkitt's lymphoma and other malignant diseases 71
Article: Erythema chronicum migrans : a tickborne spirochetosis : short communication 79
Article: Separation of "Trypanosoma cruzi-" infected from non-infected P815 cells : short communication 85
Article: Uptake of promastigotes of a lizard "Leishmania" sp. and "Leishmania donovani" by mouse peritoneal macrophages : short communication 89
Article: Treatment of strongyloidiasis with mebendazole : short communication 93
Miscellaneous 95
Issue 2 97
Front matter 97
Miscellaneous 98
Article: Trypanotolerance : an individual not a breed character 99
Article: "Trypanosoma cruzi" : effect of pH on in vitro formation of metacyclic trypomastigotes 105
Article: Some observations of factors associated with the development of "Trypanosoma brucei brucei" infections in "Glossina morsitans morsitans" 113
Article: Periodicity of "Dirofilaria immitis" microfilariae in canine and murine hosts 121
Article: Diethylcarbamazine dependent, complement mediated, adherence and cytotoxicity of cells on microfilariae of "Litomosoides carinii" 129
Article: Cryoglobulins in "Schistosoma haematobium" infection 139
Article: Oriental hornet venom enhances wound healing and repair in rat skin, possibly through its collagenolytic activity 147
Article: Giardiasis in Saudi Arabia 155
Article: Serum ferritin in Nigerian patients with amoebic liver abscess and other tropical infections with liver involvement 159
Article: Plasma transport proteins in rehabilitated protein-energy malnourished children in Nigeria 165
Issue 3 173
Table of Contents 173
Miscellaneous 174
Preface: Editorial 175
Article: Prévalence de la schistosomiase à "Schistosoma haematobium" dans le Mayo Danaï (Nord Cameroun) 177
Article: A study of some factors influencing the epidemiology of urinary schistosomiasis at Ifakara (Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania) 187
Article: Studies on the epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Liberia : the prevalence and intensity of schistosomal infections in Bong County and the bionomics of the snail intermediate hosts 205
Article: Frequency of haematuria and proteinuria among "Schistosoma haematobium" infected children of two communities from Liberia and Tanzania 231
Article: The impact of schistosomiasis among rural populations in Liberia 239
Article: The influence of schistosomiasis on the serum concentrations of retinol and retinol binding protein of a rural population in Liberia 261
Article: A pilot control trial of schistosomiasis in Central Liberia by mass chemotherapy of target populations, combined with focal application of molluscicide 271
Article: Distribution of "Helisoma duryi", an introduced competitor of intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis, in an irrigation scheme in northern Tanzania 297
Issue 4 309
Table of Contents 309
Miscellaneous 310
Article: Immunity and rickettsial infection : a review 311
Article: Relevance of autoantigens to autoimmunity in African trypanosomiasis : study of DNA and thyroglobulin antibodies 321
Article: A quantification of the risk of trypanosomiasis infection to cattle on the south Kenya coast 331
Article: The susceptibility of BALB/C and other inbred mouse strains to "Brugia pahangi" 341
Article: Factors controlling the volume of feces produced by triatomine vectors of Chagas' disease 351
Article: Liver function and the diagnostic significance of conjugated cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid in serum of African patients with sickle cell disease 359
Article: Observations on the current status of plague endemicity in the western Usambara mountains, north-east Tanzania 365
Article: General considerations on endemic treponematosis in the rural Sahel region of Upper Volta 375
Article: Sowda-type onchocerciasis in Guatemala 383
Article: Proliferating larval cestodiasis : report of a case 391
Article: Hemoflagellates in "Cyrtodactylus kotschyi" (Steindachner, 1870) (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) in Italy : short communication 399
Table of Contents 401
Back matter 404