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Main Description

This book covers all aspects of research into Giardia as an organism and giardiasis the disease. Based on papers presented at the 2000 ‘Giardia in the Rockies conference, held in Alberta, Canada, it contains contributions from leading international experts.

Includes chapters on:

Main Contents

• Part I - Biology of Giardia
• Investigation into the life cycle of Giardia: Studies using videomicroscopy and field emission SEM, S Erlandsen, S Weissner and C Ottenwaelter
• Giardia cyst wall filaments and N-Acetylgalactosamine synthesis during encystment, E L Jarroll, P T Macechko, P A Steimle et al
• Oxygen homeodynamics in Giardia, D Lloyd, J C Harris, G A Biagini et al
• Prevalence and infection pattern of naturally acquired giardiasis in beef calves and their dams from birth to weaning, B J Ralston, T A McAllister and M E Olson

• Part II - Giardiasis is a Zoonosis
• Towards a better understanding of host specificity and the transmission of Giardia: The impact of molecular epidemiology R C A Thompson
• A preliminary estimate of the prevalence of Giardia sp. in beavers in Gatineau Park, Quebec, using flow cytometry, B R Dixon, J Bussey, L Parrington et al
• A survey of prevalence of Giardia in dogs presented to Canadian veterinary practices, S R Jacobs, C P R Forrester and J Yang
• Prevalence of Giardia in companion animal populations in the United States, A Zislin, M Goldstein and D Hustead
• Prevalence of Giardia spp. in dogs in Germany, D Barutzki
• Giardia in farm animals, R M O'Handley

• Part III - Transmission and Pathogenesis of Giardiasis
• Giardiasis: Pathophysiology and pathogenesis, A G Buret, K G-E Scott and A C Chin
• The role of public health agencies in preventing Giardia outbreaks, N Fok, L Honish, I Zazulak et al
• Epidemiologic risk analysis study of Giardia sp. in domestic and wild animals, S E Wade, H O Mohammed, P E Ziegler et al
• Giardia immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapy, M E Olson, H Ceri and D W Morck

• Part IV - Treating Giardiasis: Pharmacology
• Therapeutics and new drug targets for Giardiasis - 2001, J A Reynoldson
• Efficacy of Pyrantel embonate, Febantel and Praziquantel against Giardia spp. in naturally infected dogs, D Barutzki, A Schimmel and R Schaper
• Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of Pyrantel embonate, Febantel and Praziquantel against Giardia spp. in naturally infected adult dogs, A Giangaspero, G Traldi and P Bianciardi
• Allium sativum (Garlic) and some of its components are effective antigiardials in vitro, J C Harris, S Plummer, M P Turner et al
• Efficacy of Febantel and Pyrantel embonate (Drontal(puppy)) on Giardia infections of dogs and mice: A therapeutic and cytologic study, A Schlüsche, M Grewing, H Mehlhornet al
• Effects of Febantel and Pyrantel embonate (Drontal(puppy)) on in vitro cultivated Giardia trophozoites, A Schlüsche, H Mehlhorn, A Schimmel et al

• Part V - Drinking Water Treatment and Legal Implications
• Update on the control of Giardia in water supplies, W Jakubowski and G F Craun
• Rethinking disinfection of Giardia cysts with ultraviolet light: old light through a new window, P M Wallis and A T Campbell
• Effect of ultraviolet light on Giardia muris cysts in drinking water determined by loss of infectivity in mice, S A Craik, N N Neumann, D W Smith et al
• Occurrence of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in surface and treated waste waters of the Moscow region, Russia, V E Larin and G P Kashkarova
• Legislation and policy: Giardia and Cryptosporidium as "Litogens", D W Eryou

• Part VI - Taxonomy of Giardia
• An overview of Giardia taxonomy, A historical perspective, H van Keulen
• Characterisation of a novel genotype of Giardia from a Quenda (Isoodon obesulus) from Western Australia, P J Adams, and R C A Thompson
• Phylogenetic relationships between human and calf isolates of Giardia intestinalis, C L Hunt, P A McLenachan, E A Keys et al
  

• "This book presents a most comprehensive up-to-date handbook of Giardia as a protozoic parasite, and giardiasis as a disease in humans and animals.
  Jindrich Jira, Central European Journal of Public Health, 11(3) 2003

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