The German Society of Parasitology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Parasitologie) was founded in 1960 and its 21st biannual meeting took place in Würzburg, Germany, from March 17 to 20, 2004. Whereas interim meetings that are being held every other year focus on specific topics of parasitology, such as the symposia on "Life in Vacuoles" in 2003 and on "Immunomodulation by Parasites" in 2001, the general biannual meetings cover a wide range of topics. This year's meeting at the University of Würzburg was organised by Klaus Brehm and Matthias Frosch (both at the Institute of Hygiene) and Heidrun Moll (Institute for Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases). It was attended by more than 500 scientists from 16 countries who presented 181 research projects dealing with the topics defence mechanisms and immunology, genomics and proteomics, epidemiology, cell biology and biochemistry, chemotherapy and vaccines, parasite classification and morphology, vectors, intermediate hosts, and veterinary parasitology. In addition, six plenary lectures highlighted the subjects of comparative nematode genomics, cell biology, immunology, and parasite eradication programmes.

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寄生虫，苍蝇和男性-维尔茨堡德国寄生虫学会第21届会议。

德国寄生虫学会（Deutsche GesellschaftfürParasitologie）成立于1960年，其第21届半年度会议于2004年3月17日至20日在德国维尔茨堡举行。而隔年举行的临时会议则侧重于寄生虫学，例如2003年的“液泡生活”和2001年的“寄生虫的免疫调节”专题讨论会，每两年召开一次的一般性会议涵盖了广泛的主题。今年在维尔茨堡大学举行的会议是由克劳斯·布雷姆（Klaus Brehm）和马蒂亚斯·弗罗施（Matthias Frosch）（均在卫生研究所）和海德伦·莫尔（Heidrun Moll）（传染病分子生物学研究所）组织的。来自16个国家/地区的500多位科学家参加了此次会议，他们提出了181个有关防御机制和免疫学的研究项目，基因组学和蛋白质组学，流行病学，细胞生物学和生物化学，化学疗法和疫苗，寄生虫的分类和形态，载体，中间宿主和兽医寄生虫学。此外，六次全会演讲重点介绍了比较线虫基因组学，细胞生物学，免疫学和根除寄生虫方案的主题。