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Cryptosporidium
Author(s) -
Sunnotel O.,
Lowery C.J.,
Moore J.E.,
Dooley J.S.G.,
Xiao L.,
Millar B.C.,
Rooney P.J.,
Snelling W.J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2006.01936.x
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium , biology , human pathogen , typing , transmission (telecommunications) , epidemiology , etiology , microbiology and biotechnology , public health , pathogen , virology , feces , medicine , genetics , bacteria , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering
This review discusses characteristics of the genus Cryptosporidium and addresses the pathogenesis, reservoirs, public health significance and current applications for the detection and typing of this important pathogen. By increasing knowledge in key areas of Cryptosporidium research such as aetiology, epidemiology, transmission and host interactions, the numbers of cases of human cryptosporidiosis should be reduced.