Cryptosporidium: parasite and disease

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Cacciò, Simone M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Widmer, Giovanni (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Parasitology.; Infectious diseases.; Veterinary medicine.; Biomedicine.; Veterinary Medicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.

This new volume on Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis discusses all relevant aspects of the biology, molecular biology, host-parasite interaction, epidemiology as well as diagnosis and treatment of these widespread parasites. It represents a useful guide for physicians, microbiologists, veterinar...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Section 1: Taxonomy and epidemiology of Cryptosporidium
• Taxonomy and molecular taxonomy
• Epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis
• Molecular epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis
• Cryptosporidiosis in farmed animals
• Cryptosporidiosis in other vertebrates
• Section 2: Molecular Biology
• Cryptosporidium: current state of genomics and systems biological research
• From Genome to Proteome: transcriptional and proteomic analysis of Cryptosporidium parasites
• Cryptosporidium metabolism
• Section 3: Host-parasite interaction
• Human Cryptosporidiosis: A Clinical Perspective
• Immunology of Cryptosporidiosis
• Treatment of cryptosporidiosis
• Section 4: Cryptosporidium and the water
• Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Drinking Water and Recreational Water
• Removal and inactivation of Cryptosporidium from water.