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Cryptosporidium parvum
- epidemiology
- classification and characteristics
- transmission and infection
- clinical manifestations
- diagnosis
- treatment
Epidemiology
worldwide distribution
Classification and Characteristics
Transmission and Infection
Can be spead through water or foods
fecal oral
water-borne
zoonosis
Clinical Manifesations
Best known as an opportunistic infection, affecting immunocompromised patients.
watery diarrhea
Diagnosis
microscopy of stool
Treatment