Cryptosporidium is increasingly recognized as one of the major causes of moderate to
severe diarrhoea in developing countries. With treatment options limited, control relies on …

Molecular tools have been developed to detect and differentiate Cryptosporidium at the
species/genotype and subtype levels. These tools have been increasingly used in …

Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals serve as hosts for 19 species of Cryptosporidium.
All 19 species have been confirmed by morphological, biological, and molecular data. Fish …

Cryptosporidium spp. are frequent parasites of livestock and companion animals, raising
questions about the clinical significance of such infections. Cryptosporidium infections have …

Background Cryptosporidium spp. are causative agents of gastrointestinal diseases in a
wide variety of vertebrate hosts. Mortality resulting from the disease is low in livestock …

Cryptosporidia, widely distributed protozoan parasites of vertebrates, have attracted
increasing interest due to several serious waterborne outbreaks, the life-threatening nature …

Cryptosporidium spp., common parasites of vertebrates, remain poorly studied in wildlife.
This study describes the novel Cryptosporidium species adapted to nutrias (Myocastor …

To understand the prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in rodents in China and to
assess the potential role of rodents as a source for human cryptosporidiosis, 723 specimens …

Cryptosporidiosis was first identified as a disease of veterinary, rather than human medical,
importance, and infection of farmed animals with different species of Cryptosporidium …

We describe the morphological, biological, and molecular characteristics of Cryptosporidium
pig genotype II and propose the species name Cryptosporidium scrofarum n. sp. to reflect its …