Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis.

Ronald Fayer, Ed. (1997)

Recognition of cryptosporidiosis and the organisms associated with the disease has evolved in the past few years. Isolated observations of infections in animals have given way first to observations of occasional pathogens in immunocompromised animals and humans, then to recognition of ubiquitous worldwide infections among large numbers of humans and animals. The literature on the subject has grown enormously as has its diversity Since the publication in 1990 of Ronald Fayer's first book, Cryptosporidiosis of Man and Animals, over 1,000 new scientific articles have been published, making it difficult for experts and others interested in this area to keep current.

The first chapter of Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis summarizes much of the data from Fayers first book on taxonomy life cycles, morphology, host species, and control methods. The chapters that follow address subject areas that have been emphasized in the scientific literature and that have aroused the greatest concern in the public health, medical, veterinary and research communities-namely, diagnosis, epidemiology, waterborne events, prevention and treatment, immunity, biochemistry cultivation, laboratory animal models, and molecular biology.

The book will serve as a guide for research biologists, public health workers, physicians, veterinarians, clinical laboratory technicians, and others concerned about human and animal health and about the safety of food, drinking water, and recreational water.