Current trends in research into the waterborne parasite Giardia

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-147

  Lane, Samantha ^a   Lloyd, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Diarrhea; Dysentery; Pathogenicity; Protozoal parasite

Indexed keywords

4 NITROIMIDAZOLE; ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FENBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; VACCINE; WATER;

AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CATTLE; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROPATHY; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLATE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; GENETICS; GIARDIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; DOGS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; RATS; RESEARCH; WATER;

EID: 0035991398     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1040-840291046713     Document Type: Review

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