Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity

Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity provides a systematic overview of the biology of microsporidia. Written by leading experts in the field, the book combines background and basic information on microsporidia with descriptive methods and resources for working with the pathogen.

Newly revised and updated for its second edition, Microsporidia will continue to be the standard text reference for these pathogenic protists, and is an indispensable research resource for biologists,
physicians and parasitologists.

This new edition of this publication provides systematic reviews of the biology of this pathogen by leading experts in the field, and will be combined with descriptions of the methods and resources for working with this pathogen.

- Provides a comprehensive summary of literature on microsporidia and microsporidiosis

- The long-awaited update to the standard microsporidia reference text The Microsporidia and Microsporidiosis

- Written by an international team of authors representing each of the main research groups working on microsporidia

- Chapters provide comprehensive overviews of general methodology as well as special techniques related to these organisms