Synopses & Reviews
This book covers all aspects of research into Giardia as an organism and giardiasis the disease. It includes chapters on biochemistry, biology, detection and diagnosis, host-parasite relationships, immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapy, legislation and policy, therapeutics and new drug targets, water treatment and zoonotic transmission and epidemiology. It deals with Giardia in companion animals, in farm animals, and as a public health problem. Based on papers presented at the 2000 Giardia in the Rockies conference, held in Alberta, Canada, it contains contributions from leading international experts.
Synopsis
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: biochemistry, biology, detection and diagnosis, host-parasite relationships, zoonotic transmission and epidemiology, therapeutics and new drug targetswater treatment, legislation and policy, Giardia in companion animals, in farm animals, and as a public health problem.
Table of Contents
List of Delegates
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Part One: BIOLOGY OF GIARDIA
1. Investigation into the Life Cycle of Giardia Using Videomicroscopy and Field Emission SEM, S. L. Erlandsen, S. Weissner, and C. Ottenwaelter
2. Giardia Cyst Wall Filaments and N-Acetylgalactosamine Synthesis During Encystment, E. L. Jarroll et al.
3. Oxygen Homeodynamics in Giardia, D. Lloyd et al.
4. 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 Two: GIARDIASIS IS A ZOONOSIS
5. Towards a Better Understanding of Host Specificity and the Transmission of Giardia: the Impact of Molecular Epidemiology, R. C. A. Thompson
6. A Preliminary Estimate of the Prevalence of Giardia sp. in Beavers in Gatineau Park, Quebec, using Flow Cytometry, B. R. Dixon et al.
7. A Survey of Prevalence of Giardia in Dogs Presented to Canadian Veterinary Practices, S. R. Jacobs, C. P. R. Forrester, and J. Yang
8. Prevalence of Giardia in Companion Animal Populations in the USA, A. Zislin, M. Goldstein, and D. Hustead
9. Prevalence of Giardia spp. in Dogs in Germany, D. Barutzki
10. Giardia in Farm Animals, R. M. O'Handley
Part Three: TRANSMISSION AND PATHOGENESIS OF GIARDIASIS
11. Giardiasis: Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis, A. G. Buret, K. G.-E. Scott, and A. C. Chin
12. The Role of Public Health Agencies in Preventing Giardia Outbreaks, N. Fok et al.
13. Epidemiologic Risk Analysis Study of Giardia sp. in Domestic and Wild Animals, S. E. Wade et al.
14. Giardia Immunoprophylaxis and Immunotherapy, M. E. Olson, H. Ceri, and D. W. Morck
Part Four: TREATING GIARDIASIS: PHARMACOLOGY
15. Therapeutics and New Drug Targets for Giardiasis, J. A. Reynoldson
16. Efficacy of Pyrantel Embonate, Febantel and Praziquantel against Giardia spp. in Naturally Infected Dogs, D. Barutzki, A. Schimmel, and R. Schaper
17. 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
18. Allium sativum (Garlic) and Some of Its Components Are Effective Antigiardials in vitro, J. C. Harris et al.
19. Efficacy of Febantel and Pyrantel Embonate (DrontalRG Puppy) on Giardia--Infections of Dogs and Mice: a Therapeutic and Cytologic Study, A. Schlusche et al.
Part Five: DRINKING WATER TREATMENT AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
21. Update on the Control of Giardia in Water Supplies, W. Jakubowski and G. F. Craun
22. Rethinking Disinfection of Giardia Cysts with Ultraviolet Light: Old Light through a New Window, P. M. Wallis and A. T. Campbell
23. Effect of Ultraviolet Light on Giardia muris Cysts in Drinking Water Determined by Loss of Infectivity in Mice, S. A. Craik et al.
24. 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
25. Legislation and Policy: Giardia and Cryptosporidium as Litogens, D. W. Eryou
Part Six: TAXONOMY OF GIARDIA
26. An Overview of Giardia Taxonomy: a Historical Perspective, H. van Keulen
27. Characterization of a Novel Genotype of Giardia from a Quenda (Isoodon obesulus) from Western Australia, P. J. Adams and R. C. A. Thompson
28. Phylogenetic Relationships between Human and Calf Isolates of Giardia intestinalis, C. L. Hunt et al.
Additional Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Giardia in the Rockies Conference
Index