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IN VITRO CULTURE AND ISOENZYME ANAL
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(j)edicated to my {ate parents :No
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the positive specimens by sucrose g
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Declaration This study represents o
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author wishes
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Table of Contents Page CHAPTER 1 -
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4.2.1. Animal Sourcing and Care ...
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APPENDIX 8 List of enzyme systems u
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List of Tables Page Table 1.1 Commo
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List of Plates Page Plate 2.1 An eo
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ABBREVIATIONS AND UNITS OF MEASUREM
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agi/is in 1882. In 1914, Alexeieff
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unique about Giardia in humans, whi
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To-date, use of the different speci
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Differentiation into the cyst stage
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1.3 Transmission 1.3.1 Human hosts
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Owen, 1984) 1.3. 2 The Zoonosis of
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1.4 Distribution The morbidity and
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children by Schutte et al. in 1981
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of (a) the enormous absorptive capa
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Ig M (100% of patients), IgG (70%),
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chymotrypsin) between different iso
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impact on the physical growth of 29
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Figure 1.3. Transmission Electron m
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among children between the ages of
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where immunocompromised mice have p
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up to 4 distinct genotypes within e
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in initiation of infection (excysta
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In order to address these and many
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multiple stool examinations in 4 of
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2.2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.2.1 Spe
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Table 2.1. Semi-quantitative assess
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2.2.3.2 The modified Zinc sulphate
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Preliminary work with five samples
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% Viability = unstained cysts/total
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Table 2.3. Prevalence of Giardia in
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Table 2. 4. Monthly summary of stoo
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spp (59%). Other parasites less fre
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Observations • A large proportion
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Plate 2.1. An eosin-stained prepara
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2.4 DISCUSSION In terms of yield, i
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examination of wet preparations. Th
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ecognised (on unstained preparation
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Wolfe M. S.1979. Giardiasis. Sympos
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APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 Information t
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Unayo imvume yokunqaba ukungenela l
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Appendix 3 Excystation and culture
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Appendix 4 Results of excystation a
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Appendix 5 Results of in vitro (aci
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Key to Appendix 5 *Replicated inocu
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Appendix 7 Preparation of culture m
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Appendix 8 List of enzyme systems u
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Appendix 9 Appendix (9a) Preparatio
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Appendix 10. Quantitative descripti