Global Distribution, Public Health and Clinical Impact of the Protozoan Pathogen Cryptosporidium

Cryptosporidium spp. are coccidians, oocysts-forming apicomplexan protozoa, which complete their life cycle both in humans and animals, through zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission, causing cryptosporidiosis. The global burden of this disease is still underascertained, due to a conundrum transmis...

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Main Authors: Lorenza Putignani, Donato Menichella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/753512
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