Cryptosporidum can be transmitted via water that is contaminated with human or animal faeces. There have been a number of documented outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis attributed to potable water, well water, spring water and surface water. Several outbreaks have also been associated with contaminated recreational water in swimming pools. Cryptosporidium are a particular risk in swimming pools beca...

Nitazoxanide is a new thiazolide antiparasitic agent that shows excellent in vitro activity against a wide variety of protozoa and helminths. It is given by the oral route with good bioavailability and is well tolerated, with primarily mild gastrointestinal side effects. At present, there are no documented drug-drug interactions. Nitazoxanide has been licensed for the treatment of Giardia intes...

background : cryptosporidium is an intracellular apicomplexan parasite that infects a wide range of vertebrates including humans. cryptosporidiosis is a major cause of diarrhea in children with and without human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in developing countries. more recently, the molecular methods for identification of morphologically indistin­guishable species have been developed...

objective: cryptosporidiosis is a parasitic disease that is causing small protozoan genus cryptosporidum and transmission take place through fecal- oral by direct contact or indirectly through food or drink. the aim of this study was detection of anti-cryptosporidum parvum immunoglobulin igg, in newborn balb/c infected with c. parvum. materials and methods: oocysts of c. parvum were obtained f...

This study was conducted to isolate Cryptosporidium from water sources in Al-Diwaniyah Governorate Where samples were collected during the period extending September 2021 February 2022, with a total of 500 distributed among three sources, namely, The percentage contamination (rivers, purification plants and liquefaction water) parasite 16%. results using interlaced polymerase chain reaction tec...

SHELLFISH is one of the most important aquaculture products of Portugal yielding approximately 5,000 tons/yr (Direcção Geral das Pescas, www.dg-pescas.pt, July 2006). Seafood is an excellent natural resource which is common in the Portuguese diet and is in high demand by tourists. Some shellfish are consumed raw or undercooked. Several legal regulatory steps are in place that control processes ...

Protozoa merupakan protista yang menyerupai hewan bersifat seluler dalam ukuran mikroskopis. Pengguna air pada sarana rekreasi seperti kolam renang beresiko tinggi terkena penyakit akibat mikroorganisme patogen, salah satunya patogen jenis Cryptospiridium sp dan Giardia sp. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat renang, Penelitian menggunakan metode deskriptif dengan desain obse...

Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that infects epithelial cells of the intestine in a wide variety of vertebrates. During the last decade, cryptosporidiosis has emerged as a cause of diarrhea in man. Most of the' patients have AIDS, and have had contact with infected animals. In this study ' 510 samples were collected from sheep and examined for detection of this parasite. The result...