Cryptosporidium: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 02:37, 20 February 2022

Protozoan parasites that infect the intestines
Cryptosporidium hominis is the human subtype
Cryptosporidium parvum is the bovine subtype, which can also occasionally infect humans
Other species:
- C. meleagridis, mainly infects birds but can also infect humans
- C. cuniculus
- C. ubitquitum
- C. viatorum
- C. C. canis
- C. felis
- C. muris

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 * [[Cryptosporidium hominis]] is the human subtype
 * [[Cryptosporidium parvum]] is the bovine subtype, which can also occasionally infect humans
+* Other species:
+** ''C. meleagridis'', mainly infects birds but can also infect humans
+** ''C. cuniculus''
+** ''C. ubitquitum''
+** ''C. viatorum''
+** ''C. C. canis''
+** ''C. felis''
+** ''C. muris''
-{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Cryptosporidium'' species}}
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Cryptosporidium''}}
-[[Category:Protozoan parasites]]
+[[Category:Protozoa]]
 [[Category:Gastrointestinal infections]]