Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Africa: current and future challenges

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Squire, Sylvia Afriyie ^a,b   Ryan, Una ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Animal Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; HIV; Malnutrition; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEPACRINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; TINIDAZOLE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AFRICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOOD POISONING; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; TRENDS; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST OF ILLNESS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FECES; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; THIAZOLES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85018470603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2111-y     Document Type: Review

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