Title | Giardia and Giardiasis [electronic resource] : Biology, Pathogenesis, and Epidemiology / edited by Stanley L. Erlandsen, Ernest A. Meyer |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1984 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0594-9 |
Descript | XXIV, 408 p. online resource |
I. Structure and Physiology -- 1 Structure of the Trophozoite and Cyst -- 2 Trophozoite Motility and the Mechanism of Attachment -- 3 Metabolism of Trophozoites -- 4 Giardia Isozymes -- 5 Methods of Isolating Trophozoites and Cysts -- 6 In Vitro Cultivation of Giardia Trophozoites -- 7 The Role of Reducing Agents and the Physiology of Trophozoite Attachment -- 8 Models for Excystation -- II. Giardiasis -- 9 Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and Treatment -- 10 Changes in the Small Intestinal Mucosa in Giardiasis -- 11 Cellular and Humoral Immunity in Giardiasis -- 12 Human Immune Responses to Giardia lamblia -- 13 Antigenicity of Giardia lamblia and the Current Status of Serologic Diagnosis of Giardiasis -- 14 Animal Models for Giardiasis -- III. Epidemiology -- 15 Waterborne Outbreaks of Giardiasis: Current Status -- 16 Detection of Giardia Cysts in Drinking Water: State of the Art -- 17 Filtration as a Barrier to Passage of Cysts in Drinking Water -- 18 Resistance of Cysts to Disinfection Agents -- 19 Direct FecalโOral Transmission of Giardiasis -- 20 Evidence for Animal Reservoirs and Transmission of Giardia Infection between Animal Species -- 21 Giardia lamblia: The Transfer of Human Infections by Foods -- 22 Some Perspectives on the Transmission of Giardiasis