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Cryptosporidium parvum

 

 

Epidemiology

worldwide distribution

Classification and Characteristics

 

Transmission and Infection

Can be spead through water or foods

fecal oral

water-borne

zoonosis

 

Clinical Manifesations

Best known as an opportunistic infection, affecting immunocompromised patients.

watery diarrhea

Diagnosis

microscopy of stool

 

Treatment