Cryptosporidium: parasite and disease

Part I. Taxonomy and Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium

1. Taxonomy and Molecular Taxonomy
Una Ryan, Lihua Xiao

2. Epidemiology of Human Cryptosporidiosis
Simone M. Cacciò, Lorenza Putignani

3. Molecular Epidemiology of Human Cryptosporidiosis
Gordon L. Nichols, Rachel M. Chalmers, Stephen J. Hadfield

4. Cryptosporidiosis in Farmed Animals
Lucy J. Robertson, Camilla Björkman, Charlotte Axén, Ronald Fayer

5. Cryptosporidiosis in Other Vertebrates
Martin Kváč, John McEvoy, Brianna Stenger, Mark Clark

Part II. Molecular Biology

6.
Cryptosporidium: Current State of Genomics and Systems Biological Research
Aaron R. Jex, Robin B. Gasser

7. From Genome to Proteome: Transcriptional and Proteomic Analysis of Cryptosporidium Parasites
Jonathan M. Wastling, Nadine P. Randle

8.
Cryptosporidium Metabolism
Guan Zhu, Fengguang Guo

Part III. Host-parasite Interaction

9. Human Cryptosporidiosis: A Clinical Perspective
Henry Shikani, Louis M. Weiss

10. Immunology of Cryptosporidiosis
Guoku Hu, Yaoyu Feng, Steven P. O’Hara, Xian-Ming Chen

11. Treatment of Cryptosporidiosis
Jan R. Mead, Michael J. Arrowood

Part IV.
Cryptosporidium and Water

12.
Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Drinking Water and Recreational Water
Paul A. Rochelle, George D. Giovanni

13. Removal and Inactivation of Cryptosporidium from Water
Paul Monis, Brendon King, Alexandra Keegan

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Parasitology, Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology