Infectious Diseases A-Z: Keep cryptosporidium at bay
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What is Cryptosporidium?
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Cryptosporidium life cycle
Cryptosporidium is a genus of apicomplexan parasitic alveolates that can cause a respiratory and gastrointestinal illness (cryptosporidiosis) that primarily involves watery diarrhea with or without a persistent cough in both immunocompetent and immunodeficient humans.