Cryptosporidium is a genus of parasitic protozoans that infect the intestinal lining of humans and a wide range of other vertebrates, transmitted through water or food contaminated with its resistant, thick-walled oocysts. It is a leading cause of waterborne disease outbreaks worldwide because its oocysts are unusually resistant to standard chlorine disinfection used in municipal water treatment, causing cryptosporidiosis, a diarrheal illness that is typically self-limiting in healthy people but can become severe and life-threatening in those with weakened immune systems.
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Source Wikidata: Cryptosporidium Parvum
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1. Wikidata: Cryptosporidium
- Wikidata Q133078, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikipedia 'Cryptosporidium': parasites that can cause a respiratory and gastrointestinal illness
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ133078, descriptionView the Source 3. Wikipedia: Cryptosporidium
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Cryptosporidium
Article text: "The parasite is transmitted by environmentally h"
The parasite is transmitted by environmentally hardy cysts (oocysts) that, when ingested, remain in the small intestine and cause an infection of intestinal epithelial tissue.
In Group: Apicomplexan Parasites, Lead
Cryptosporidium, sometimes called crypto, is an apicomplexan genus of alveolates that 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).
View the Source Wikidata: Cryptosporidium Parvum
Parent Taxon Of: Cryptosporidium Parvum, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q133078 (Cryptosporidium)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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