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Giardia is a relatively simple eukaryotic microbe, causing acute and chronic diarrhea which has been used as a model to understand complex biological processes occurring in eukaryotic cells. Further, due to its parasitic lifestyle, Giardia is an excellent system for the study of the mechanisms of adaptation and cell differentiation from the perspectives of molecular and cell biology. This book presents a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge regarding all aspects of Giardia’s biology, including epidemiology, cell and molecular biology, genetics, pathogenesis, diagnostics, and clinical treatment. It was written by internationally renowned authors, the leading researchers in the field including several chapters with techniques and resources available for the study of this microorganism. Questions that need to be addressed to fully understand the molecular mechanisms of the parasite as well as the cause of its pathology are presented. Furthermore, Giardia’s biology is compared with that of other parasites in relation to their complexity. This volume is an indispensable resource for researchers working with this parasite. It is a “must” for libraries and the bookshelves of everyone interested in the biology of parasites and early-branching eukaryotes.

Giardia --- Protozoan Infections --- Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic --- Diplomonadida --- Parasitic Diseases --- Eukaryota --- Intestinal Diseases --- Gastrointestinal Diseases --- Organisms --- Diseases --- Digestive System Diseases --- Giardiasis --- Biology --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Invertebrates & Protozoa --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Giardia. --- Biomedical materials. --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Materials --- Medicine. --- Parasitology. --- Microbiology. --- Animal genetics. --- Animal models in research. --- Biomedicine. --- Eukaryotic Microbiology. --- Animal Models. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Biomedical engineering --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Hexamitidae --- Medical parasitology. --- Laboratory animals. --- Genetics --- Animals, Experimental --- Animals, Laboratory --- Animals in research --- Experimental animals --- Lab animals --- Animal culture --- Laboratory organisms --- Working animals --- Animal experimentation --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Human beings --- Human parasitology --- Medical sciences --- Parasitology --- Parasitic diseases --- Parasites --- Biological models --- Laboratory animals --- Research

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Nature helps... of course at first itself by developing measures that give bacteria, fungi, plants and animals a chance to be successful in their struggle for life. As a latecomer on Earth, Homo sapiens was gifted with some droplets of the divine spirit of recognition and thus became able to observe, to analyse and recombine skills of other living beings and to use them for his overwhelming career over the last 10,000 years. Of course fungi, plants, animals and even bacteria were primarily used by mankind as food or as lifestyle products such as beer, but soon it became clear that there was much more potential hidden in these organisms and that they could be used for other purposes, too. Extracts of plants and fungi were recognized as powerful remedies, as medicines, as insecticides or acarizides, as repellents against parasites or even as weapons, e.g. when poisonous compounds from frogs or plants were applied to arrowheads. Over the last 110 years the pharmaceutical industry has often simulated nature by analyzing complex organic substances taken from living organisms and then producing by synthesis absolutely pure compounds, which mostly consisted of only one single active substance. These products had the advantage of acting against precisely one target and thus produced fewer possible side effects than the complex plant extracts. However, the more serious side effect was that disease agents could develop resistances to pure medicinal products much more easily. Thus after 70 years of excellent prospects for chemotherapy, some dark clouds appeared and quickly gathered, so that several therapeutic remedies now no longer work. Therefore in many countries - especially in those where the pure chemotherapeutics are too expensive for the poor population - the cry “back to nature” is becoming louder and louder. This has led to an enormous increase of studies that again use natural extracts as remedies in the fight against diseases. The present book summarizes examples of promising aspects in a broad spectrum of applications and shows how extracts derived from bacteria, marine organisms, plants or even animals may help to treat infectious diseases, how such organisms may keep away parasites and pests from the bodies of plants or animals, including humans, and how they can be used directly to aid in diagnosis, promote wound healing and even to help catch criminals. These 15 chapters offer not only basic research on these different fields, but also show how useful and effective products can be developed from research.

Herbs -- Therapeutic use. --- Materia medica, Vegetable. --- Medicinal plants. --- Materia medica --- Materia medica, Vegetable --- Plant extracts --- Medical parasitology --- Plants --- Pesticides --- Animals --- Host-Pathogen Interactions --- Pharmaceutical Preparations --- Biology --- Plant Preparations --- Agrochemicals --- Toxic Actions --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Biological Processes --- Biological Products --- Eukaryota --- Specialty Uses of Chemicals --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Biological Phenomena --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Organisms --- Complex Mixtures --- Phenomena and Processes --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Insecticides --- Parasitology --- Invertebrates --- Plant Extracts --- Plants, Medicinal --- Host-Parasite Interactions --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology --- Zoology - General --- Therapeutic use --- Pharmacognosy. --- Alternative medicine. --- Medical parasitology. --- Human beings --- Human parasitology --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Pharmacognostics --- Parasites --- Life sciences. --- Parasitology. --- Ecology. --- Microbiology. --- Zoology. --- Life Sciences. --- Eukaryotic Microbiology. --- Medical sciences --- Parasitic diseases --- Medicine --- Integrative medicine --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Natural history --- Ecology --- Ecology .