Cryptosporidiosis

Definition:

Human cryptosporidiosis is a self-limited diarrheal disease characterized by acute, persistent, or chronic diarrhea and biliary/pulmonary disease. Transmission of the causative agent, Cryptosporidium, occurs by the fecal-oral route. Water-borne transmission often occurs. The disease can be potentially serious in immunocompromised patients.

References:

[1]. Cynthia L Chappell, et al. Cryptosporidiosis. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2002 Oct;15(5):523-7. [Content Brief]

[2]. Miguel M Cabada, et al. Treatment of cryptosporidiosis: do we know what we think we know?. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2010 Oct;23(5):494-9. [Content Brief]

[3]. S Collinet-Adler, et al. Cryptosporidiosis: environmental, therapeutic, and preventive challenges. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;29(8):927-35. [Content Brief]

[4]. Vincent McDonald, et al. Cryptosporidiosis: host immune responses and the prospects for effective immunotherapies. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011 Nov;9(11):1077-86. [Content Brief]

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