Open AccessEpidemiologi Kriptosporidiosis
Author(s) -
Esy Maryanti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jurnal ilmu kedokteran /jurnal ilmu kedokteran
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2715-4467
pISSN - 1978-662X
DOI - 10.26891/jik.v5i1.2011.1-6
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium , cryptosporidium parvum , diarrhea , microbiology and biotechnology , parasite hosting , biology , virology , parasitic disease , disease , medicine , pathology , feces , world wide web , computer science
Cryptosporidiosis is a disease caused by Cryptosporidium sp. Cryptosporidium sp. are single cell of coccidian caninfected human and animals. Cryptosporidiosis are considered a cause of emerging and opportunistic infections inhuman. Oocysts of Cryptosporidium are ovoid or spherical and 4 to 6 micrometers diameters. The parasite is located inthe brush border of the epithelial cells of the small intestine. Currently, eight species of Cryptosporidium are known toinfect human and there are two species, C parvum and C muris which most common species reported to infect childrenand immunocompromised patient especially AIDS patient with diarrhea.