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Cryptosporidium

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Cryptosporidium: What You Should Know

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Cryptosporidium Infected Organoids

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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.