Main description:

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology.

Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series also contains reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which shape current thinking and applications.

Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics, including control of human parasitic diseases and global mapping of infectious diseases. The 2012 impact factor is 3.778.

Contents:

Joint Infectious Causation of Human Cancers
Paul W. Ewald and Holly A. Swain Ewald
Neurological and Ocular Fascioliasis in Humans
Santiago Mas-Coma, Veronica H. Agramunt and Maria Adela Valero
Measuring Changes in Plasmodium falciparum Transmission: Precision, Accuracy and Costs of Metrics
Lucy S. Tusting, Teun Bousema, David L. Smith and Chris Drakeley
The Molecular Ecology of Marine Host-Parasite Relationships: A Review
Goetz Froeschke and Sophie von der Heyden
New Insights Into Clonality and Panmixia in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma
Michel Tibayrenc and Francisco J. Ayala