Open AccessFamily outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in Serbia: Case report
Author(s) -
Eleonora Gvozdenović,
Nenad Mitrović,
Zorica Dakić,
Neda Stojkovic-Svirtlih,
O Dulović
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh1210653g
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium , medicine , outbreak , diarrhea , incubation period , population , abdominal pain , disease , bloody diarrhea , pediatrics , feces , virology , incubation , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health , biochemistry , chemistry , biology
Cryptosporidiosis is an acute infectious parasitic disease of the gastrointestinal tract, considered as zoonosis underestimated in immunocompetent population. The pathogen is primarily the cause of devastating diarrhea in AIDS patients. Solitary cases and small outbreaks in immunocompetent persons are rarely discovered. There is also a human strain of cryptosporidium.