Cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidiosis is a parasitic disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by Cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite in the phylum Apicomplexa. It is a disease spread through the fecal-oral route; the main symptom is self-limiting diarrhea in people with intact immune system. In immunocompromised individuals, such as AIDS patients, infection can cause permanent & life-threatening diarrhea. Despite not being identified until 1976 it is one of the most common waterborne diseases and is found worldwide. (From the Wikpedia article Cryptosporidiosis.)

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Recent Publications on Cryptosporidiosis:
Development of Cryptosporidium parvum-Induced Gastrointestinal Neoplasia in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) Mice: Severity of Lesions Is Correlated with Infection Intensity. We reported previously that Cryptosporidium parvum was able to induce...	6th February, 2010	Ecologie du Parasitisme (EA3609 Universite de Lille 2), IFR 142, Institut	Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Feb;82(2):257-265. DOI Direct Link
Giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis. We reported previously that Cryptosporidium parvum was able to induce...	4th February, 2010	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY.	Pediatr Rev. 2010 Feb;31(2):81-2. DOI Direct Link
Cryptosporidiosis in Neonatal Calves. Cryptosporidiosis in calves is an ongoing problem, primarily because of...	2nd February, 2010	Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary	Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2010 Mar;26(1):89-103. DOI Direct Link
Eradication of cryptosporidium from a defunctionalized colon limb by refeeding stoma effluent. Over the last 40 years, cryptosporidium has increasingly been recognized...	29th January, 2010	Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York,	J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Jan;45(1):E33-6. DOI Direct Link
[Chronic abdominal pain and fever in an Ivoirian woman: Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare duodenitis in an AIDS patient in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire] Duodenal infection by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is a common...	27th January, 2010	Service d'Hepato-Gastro-Enterologie, CHU de Cocody, Abidjan, Cote	Med Trop (Mars). 2009 Dec;69(6):599-602.
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BioNews Results for Cryptosporidiosis:
Cryptosporidiosis Causes	MedicineNet.com:  Jan 15 2010 10:39AM Matching: cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidiosis Clinical Trials:
Treatment of Chronic Cryptosporidiosis in AIDS Patients

Cryptosporidiosis Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7482013	Albumin fusion proteins
7531517	Inhibitors of cancer cell, T-cell and keratinocyte proliferation
7541434	Polypeptide for a TRP channel family member, TRP-PLIK2, and splice variants
7544697	Pyrazolopyridines and analogs thereof
7547508	Use of nanosecond scale, time-resolved, imaging to differentiate contemporaneous fluorescence responses from multiple substances
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