Cryptosporidium : from molecules to disease / edited by R.C. Andrew Thompson, Anthony Armson, Una M. Ryan.
2003Description: 1 online resource (xlv, 422 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780444513519
- 0444513515
- 9781435605596
- 1435605594
- 0080530109
- 9780080530109
- RC136.5 .C796 2003eb
- QX 123
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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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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