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Cryptosporidiosis: A “new” disease?
Author(s) -
Collins G. Henry
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108219.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , medicine , psychology , computer science
All people are presumed susceptible to infection with Cryptosporidium. In healthy individuals with normal immune systems, signs and symptoms generally persist for two weeks or less. However, immunocompromised persons (those with weak immune systems) may have severe and long lasting illness. Some examples of immunocompromised people are those receiving cancer chemotherapy, kidney dialysis or steroid therapy, people with HIV/AIDS and patients with Crohn's disease.