Biology of the Microsporidia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Structure of the Microsporidia

   • Jiří Vávra

   Pages 1-84

3. Addendum

   • Lee A. Bulla Jr., Thomas C. Cheng

   Pages 84-85

4. Development of the Microsporidia

   • Jiří Vávra

   Pages 87-109

5. Some Aspects of Microsporidian Physiology

   • Earl Weidner

   Pages 111-126

6. The Extra-Corporeal Ecology of Microsporidia

   • John Paul Kramer

   Pages 127-135

7. Microsporidia in Vertebrates: Host-Parasite Relations at the Organismal Level

   • Elizabeth U. Canning

   Pages 137-161

8. Microsporidia in Invertebrates: Host-Parasite Relations at the Organismal Level

   • Jaroslav Weiser

   Pages 163-201

9. Microsporidian Interactions With Host Cells

   • Richard Weissenberg

   Pages 203-237

10. Microsporidia and Mammalian Tumors

    • Michael Petri

    Pages 239-245

11. Epizootiology and Microbial Control

    • Y. Tanada

    Pages 247-279

12. Methods in Microsporidiology

    • Jiří Vávra, J. V. Maddox

    Pages 281-319

13. The International Protozoan Type Slide Collection: Its Origin and Goals

    • Burdette W. Erickson Jr.

    Pages 321-339

14. Back Matter

    Pages 365-371

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This is the introductory volume of a new series to be issued under our general editorship. With the development of an unpre­ cedented increase in interest in comparative pathobiology, we are of the opinion and intent that Comparative PathobioZogy should become the focal point for the publication of definitive reviews and the proceedings of significant symposia in this area of modern biomedical science. Although the term is now in common use, the question is still sometimes raised as to what "pathobiology" includes. This broad area of modern biology includes but extends beyond traditional pathology. It also encompasses studies directed at understanding the biology, chemistry, and physics of infectious agents, in­ cluding how they contact and invade the effected organism; the reactions of hosts to such agents, as well as to abiotic invaders; the ecologic parameters which facilitate infection; and the development of tools essential for the understanding of hast­ pathogen interactions. In other words, pathobiology is inter­ disciplinary and incorporates all of those aspects of biology, chemistry, and physics which directly or indirectly permit greater understanding of the nature of infectious and noninfectious diseases and the possible implications of such in biomedicine, agriculture, and environmental science. By "comparative" is meant an analytical and critical evaluation of comparable processes as they apply to all categories of animals, invertebrates as well as poikilothermic and homeothermic verte­ brates.

• biology
• biomedicine
• chemistry
• development
• diseases
• evaluation
• infection
• infectious
• infectious disease
• infectious diseases
• medicine
• parasite
• pathobiology
• pathology
• physics

• United States Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, USA

  Lee A. Bulla

• Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA

  Thomas C. Cheng

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