Cryptosporidium species are among the leading causes of diarrhoeal disease especially in children and immunocompromised individuals. The pathogen disproportionately affects settings without adequate sanitation and hygiene especially in developing countries and its genotype isolates vary from...
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Cryptosporidium is an intracellular zoonotic protozoan parasite that causes cryptosporidiosis, a diarrhoeal disease of humans and domestic animals. The parasite has been reported in a variety of domestic animals including dogs. Several species of Cryptosporidium infecting animals have also been...
Download PDF ↓Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrhoeal disease caused by the parasite, Cryptosporidium that can live in the intestine of humans and animals and is passed in the stool of an infected person or animal. In immune compromised individuals, Cryptosporidium infection can be serious, long-lasting and...
Download PDF ↓Giardia is an intestinal protozoan parasite of mammals including humans. The objectives of the cross sectional study conducted between May 2013 and April 2014 were to estimate the prevalence of Giardia infections in dairy herds on farms in Chilanga and Lusaka districts of Lusaka Province, Zambia,...
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