An updated review on Cryptosporidium and Giardia

DB Huang, AC White - Gastroenterology Clinics, 2006 - gastro.theclinics.com
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS (CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM,
AND OTHER SPECIES) The genus Cryptosporidium was identified in mice during the early …

Heavy cryptosporidial infections in children in northeast Brazil: comparison of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum

OY Bushen, A Kohli, RC Pinkerton… - Transactions of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Cryptosporidium is an important cause of infectious diarrhoea worldwide, but little is known
about the course of illness when infected with different species. Over a period of 5 years …

Global impact of diarrheal diseases that are sampled by travelers: the rest of the hippopotamus

RL Guerrant, R Oria, OY Bushen… - Clinical infectious …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Travelers who experience diarrhea (ie,“turista”) are exposed to the same pathogens and
illnesses that pose some of the greatest threats to life and development among …

Environmental risk factors for Cryptosporidium infection in an island from Western Venezuela

L Chacín-Bonilla, F Barrios, Y Sanchez - Memorias do Instituto …, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
Few investigations have been conducted on risk factors for Cryptosporidium infection in
communities from developing countries. A study was conducted to determine the prevalence …

[HTML][HTML] A sensitive and specific PCR based method for identification of Cryptosporidium Sp. using new primers from 18S ribosomal RNA

AB Kuzehkanan, M Rezaeian, H Zeraati… - Iranian Journal of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The main goal of the present study was to develop a new sensitive and specific
PCR based method for Identification of Cryptosporidium sp. using novel primers from 18S …

Clinical disease and pathology

CA Warren, RL Guerrant - Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis, 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
In humans, detailed studies of intestinal histopathology and function are provided only in
case reports of immunocompromised patients, primarily with acquired immune deficiency …

Human cryptosporidiosis: a clinical perspective

H Shikani, LM Weiss - Cryptosporidium: parasite and disease, 2013 - Springer
Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrheal illness that in humans is most commonly due to infection by
Cryptosporidium parvum or C. hominis. It has a world-wide distribution and is associated …

A Survey of US Obstetrician‐Gynecologists' Clinical and Epidemiological Knowledge of Cryptosporidiosis in Pregnancy

BT Domjahn, MC Hlavsa, B Anderson… - Zoonoses and public …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Although cryptosporidiosis is frequently diagnosed in the US, there has been very little
assessment of obstetrician–gynaecologist knowledge about this disease. In 2010, we …

Molecular pathology of pulmonary parasitic diseases

JP Olano - Parasitic Diseases of the Lungs, 2013 - Springer
Diseases caused by protozoans and helminthes are some of the most common afflicting
humans around the world, and yet they are some of the most scientifically neglected …

Parasitic diseases

JP Olano - Parasitic Diseases of the Lungs, 2004 - Springer
IL-5, IL-10, and IL-13 and are characterized by high levels of neutralizing antibodies and cell-
bound antibodies, activation of mast cells, and eosinophils. Th2 responses are most useful …