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The Pathogenic Enteric Protozoa: - Giardia, Entamoeba, Cryptosporidium and Cyclospora
Edited by Sterling, Charles R.; Adam, Rodney D.
Springer
2004
Hardcover 184 ISBN 1402077947
£78.00
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The Pathogenic Enteric Protozoa: Giardia, Entamoeba, Cryptosporidium and Cyclospora compromise
the health of millions of people, largely from developing nations. These protozoan parasitic agents
contribute significantly to the staggering caseload of diarrheal disease morbidity encountered in
developing world nations. Compounding the issue of their mere presence is the fact that standard
ova and parasite exams frequently do not detect these infections. Detectable stages may be shed
intermittently or require specialized staining procedures. Added to this is the often large number
of asymptomatic carriers who serve as reservoirs for infecting others. These parasites are also not
strangers to more developed nations, having responsibility for both small and large-scale disease
outbreaks. In such settings they may be even more difficult to detect simply because they are
frequently overlooked in the grand scheme of disease causing possibilities. They share common
features: all are Protozoa, all possess trophic stages that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract, all have
the ability to produce disease and in some instances death, and all produce environmentally stable
cysts or oocysts, which ensure their transmissibility.
Written for students of parasitology and public health, researchers, practitioners
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