Overview
- Editors:
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Stanley L. Erlandsen
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Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Ernest A. Meyer
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxiv
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Structure and Physiology
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- Dennis E. Feely, Stanley L. Erlandsen, David G. Chase
Pages 3-31
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- Stanley L. Erlandsen, Dennis E. Feely
Pages 33-63
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- Donald G. Lindmark, Edward L. Jarroll
Pages 65-80
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- Miriam A. Bertram, Patrick Muller, Ernest A. Meyer
Pages 81-87
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- Ernest A. Meyer, Simona Radulescu
Pages 99-109
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- Ernest A. Meyer, Frank W. Schaefer III
Pages 131-144
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Giardiasis
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Front Matter
Pages 145-145
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- I. C. Roberts-Thomson, R. F. Anders
Pages 185-200
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- Govinda S. Visvesvara, George R. Healy
Pages 219-232
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- Ernest A. Meyer, Stanley L. Erlandsen, Simona Radulescu
Pages 233-240
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Epidemiology
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Front Matter
Pages 241-241
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About this book
The intestinal protozoan Giardia was first described over 300 years ago in 1681 by Leeuwenhoek, from his own stools. In his description of Giardia, he noted the size, movement, and morphology of the organism, and associated its presence with the diarrheic nature of his stools and his dietary habits. This truly remarkable account contains the first description of Giardia in morphologic, pathogenic, and epidemiologic terms. Our knowledge of the organisms in the genus Giardia has advanced tremendously in the past two decades. With the advent of new tech nologies, including techniques in electron microscopy, biochemistry, immunochemistry, tissue culture, and physiology, a tidal wave of information has appeared on the organization and function of this parasitic protozoan and its interaction with its host. The purpose of this book is to celebrate the tricentennial discovery of Giardia by Leeuwenhoek by presenting the above-mentioned advances in our knowledge of Giardia and giardiasis. In the first section of this book, the dominant theme is the biology of the organism and the correlation of structure-function relationships.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Stanley L. Erlandsen
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA
Ernest A. Meyer
