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Giardia and cryptosporidium; from molecules to disease.

Edited by Ortega-Pierres (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico), Cacció (Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, Italy), Fayer (US Department of Agriculture), Mank (Public Health Laboratory, the Netherlands), Smith (Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, UK), and Thompson (Murdoch U. School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Australia), this text provides an overview of recent research in all of the key fields involved in the investigation of the parasites Giardia and Cryptosporidium and their associated diseases. The volume's 38 chapters are organized into sections on taxonomy, nomenclature, and evolution; molecular epidemiology; zoonotic, human, and animal health issues; clinical and molecular epidemiology; advances in diagnosis; treatment of drinking water; control in water; other waterborne protozoa; basic biology; metabolomics and transcriptomics; genomics; proteomics; biochemistry and physiology; cell biology and signaling; pathogenesis and host-parasite relationship; and drug treatment and novel drug targets. Distributed in the US by Oxford U. Press. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)