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Evidence supporting zoonotic transmission of Cryptosporidium spp. in Wisconsin.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2006
Feltus Dawn C, Giddings Catherine W, Schneck Brianna L, Monson Timothy, Warshauer David, McEvoy John M
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum are the primary species of Cryptosporidium that infect humans. C. hominis has an anthroponotic transmission cycle, while C. parvum is zoonotic, infecting cattle and other ruminants, in addition to humans. Most cryptosporidiosis outbreaks in the United States have been caused by C. hominis, and this species is often reported as the primary cause of...
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