2024年6月5日 · Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrhea-causing disease that is spread through germs that live in the poop of infected people or animals. When a person swallows Cryptosporidium, or "Crypto" germs, they can become infected. Symptoms of cryptosporidiosis generally begin 2 to 10 days (average 7 days) after infection and last 1 to 2 weeks.

Cryptosporidium, sometimes called crypto, is an apicomplexan genus of alveolates which are parasites that can cause a respiratory and gastrointestinal illness (cryptosporidiosis) that primarily involves watery diarrhea (intestinal cryptosporidiosis), sometimes with a persistent cough (respiratory cryptosporidiosis).

Cryptosporidiosis is an illness you get from the parasite Cryptosporidium. It causes watery diarrhea that can be severe. You can get it from contaminated water.

2024年6月5日 · Cryptosporidiosis is caused by the germ Cryptosporidium. The most common symptom of cryptosporidiosis is diarrhea lasting from days to weeks. Cryptosporidiosis can be managed by drinking plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration.

Cryptosporidium can infect a wide range of vertebrate hosts, including birds, reptiles, and mammals. Many species and genotypes are host-adapted, but human cases caused by species and genotypes that are pathogens in other mammals or animals have been reported (e.g. C. …

2018年8月15日 · Cryptosporidiosis (often called Crypto for short) is a highly contagious intestinal infection. It results from exposure to Cryptosporidium parasites, which live in the intestines of...

2024年5月28日 · Cryptosporidium is a tiny one-celled parasite that can make you sick. When you have a cryptosporidium infection, your doctor might call it cryptosporidiosis. Both the germ and the...

Cryptosporidiosis is one of the most common causes of waterborne disease in the U.S. What causes cryptosporidiosis? Cryptosporidiosis is caused by the parasite Cryptosporidium. Once inside your body, the parasite passes through your …

Cryptosporidium is a genus of protozoan pathogens which is categorized under the phylum Apicomplexa. Other apicomplexan pathogens include the malaria parasite Plasmodium, and Toxoplasma, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis. A number of …

2021年10月22日 · Cryptosporidium is a protozoan that infects a wide variety of vertebrates, including humans, causing acute gastroenteritis. The disease manifests with abdominal pain and diarrhea similar to that of choleric infection.