Cryptosporidium : from molecules to disease / edited by R.C. Andrew Thompson, Anthony Armson, Una M. Ryan.

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2003Description: 1 online resource (xlv, 422 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780444513519
0444513515
9781435605596
1435605594
0080530109
9780080530109

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cryptosporidium.LOC classification:

RC136.5 .C796 2003eb

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QX 123

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Section 1: Cryptosporidiosis-Aetiology, Infectivity and Pathogenesis -- Section 2: Extended Abstracts -- Section 3: Epidemiology and Species Differentiation -- Section 4: Extended Abstracts -- Section 5: Viability and Innfectivity -- Section 6: Extended Abstracts -- Section 7: Cryptosporidium and the Environment -- Section 8: Extended Abstracts -- Section 9: Cryptosporidium-Chemotherapy -- Section 10: Extended Abstracts.

Summary: In the relatively short period since Cryptosporidium was recognised as a human pathogen, and that it could be transmitted in water as well as directly between animals and people, it has been the subject of intense investigations. Its status as an opportunistic pathogen, especially in AIDS patients, and the lack of effective anti-cryptosporidial drugs have served to emphasise the public health importance of this organism. This has to some extent overshadowed the fact that Cryptosporidium is also an important pathogen of domestic animals and wildlife.

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In the relatively short period since Cryptosporidium was recognised as a human pathogen, and that it could be transmitted in water as well as directly between animals and people, it has been the subject of intense investigations. Its status as an opportunistic pathogen, especially in AIDS patients, and the lack of effective anti-cryptosporidial drugs have served to emphasise the public health importance of this organism. This has to some extent overshadowed the fact that Cryptosporidium is also an important pathogen of domestic animals and wildlife.

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