title: Determination of Giardia lamblia cyst infective dose for the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus).
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the 50% infective dose for Giardia lamblia (CDC:0284:1) cysts in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). The log10 50% infective dose results calculated by probit analysis and the Spearman-Karber method were 2.45 and 2.50, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005849:Gerbillinae; D005872:Giardia / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D012044:Regression Analysis