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Exploration of Zoo felids in North-East China for the prevalence and molecular identification of Cryptosporidium spp. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Cryptosporidium spp. is a protozoan having the potential to cause zoonosis in humans and animals. Despite the zoonotic importance of this protozoan parasite, limited data are available about its prevalence in zoo felids in North-Eastern China. Hence, the
Shakeel Hussain +4 more
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Effects of drinking-water filtration on Cryptosporidium Seroepidemiology, Scotland [PDF]
, 2014 Continuous exposure to low levels of Cryptosporidium oocysts is associated with production of protective antibodies. We investigated prevalence of antibodies against the 27-kDa Cryptosporidium oocyst antigen among blood donors in 2 areas of Scotland ...
Pollock, Kevin G.J. +4 more
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Parasite, 2020 While cryptosporidiosis is recognized as being among the most common causes of human parasitic diarrhea in the world, there is currently limited knowledge on Cryptosporidium infection mechanisms, incomplete codification of diagnostic methods, and a need ...
Widmer Giovanni +11 more
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Journal of Water and Health, 2022 South African rivers generally receive waste from inadequate wastewater infrastructure, mines, and farming activities, among others. The uMsunduzi River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is among these recipients with recorded poor to very poor water ...
Zesizwe Ngubane +6 more
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Sensitive detection systems for infectious agents in xenotransplantation*
Xenotransplantation, EarlyView., 2020 Abstract Xenotransplantation of pig cells, tissues, or organs may be associated with transmission of porcine microorganisms, first of all of viruses, to the transplant recipient, potentially inducing a disease (zoonosis). I would like to define detection systems as the complex of sample generation, sample preparation, sample origin, time of sampling ...
Joachim Denner
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Cryptosporidium spp. and cryptosporidiosis [PDF]
Microbiological Reviews, 1986 Cryptosporidium spp. are apicomplexan parasites that inhabit the brush borders of the gastrointestinal and respiratory epithelium. Initially thought to be only a pathogen of young animals such as calves and lambs, cryptosporidiosis is now known as an important cause of diarrhea, enterocolitis, and cholangiopathy in humans (Checkley et al.
R, Fayer, B L, Ungar
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Folia Veterinaria, 2021 Cryptosporidium spp. and helminths are responsible for diarrhoal illness in humans and many other animals. The transmission routes of these parasites suggest a risk for human infection through contaminated foods.
Esonu D. O. +3 more
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Journal of Water and Health, 2022 Despite the large amounts of freshwater available in Brazil, the deterioration of surface water can represent a risk of waterborne disease for national and international tourists. The main goal of this study was to assess the quality of drinking water in
Gustavo Strieder Scherer +5 more
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Direct Sequencing of Cryptosporidium in Stool Samples for Public Health
Frontiers in Public Health, 2019 The protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium is an important cause of diarrheal disease (cryptosporidiosis) in humans and animals, with significant morbidity and mortality especially in severely immunocompromised people and in young children in low-resource ...
Arthur Morris +5 more
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Novel Cryptosporidium genotype in wild Australian mice (Mus domesticus) [PDF]
, 2007 A total of 250 mouse fecal specimens collected from crop farms in Queensland, Australia, were screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium spp. using PCR.
Farrell, J. +9 more
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