Cryptosporidium : from molecules to disease /
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,...
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Elsevier,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; London : |
Publication Dates: | 2003. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444513519 |
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. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xlv, 422 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780444513519 0444513515 9781435605596 1435605594 0080530109 9780080530109 |
Index Number: | RC136 |
CLC: | R531.5 |
Contents: | 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. |