Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies

Autor:	Natania Carol Cavalcante Rezende, Camila Loredana Pereira Alves Madeira Bezerra, Jéssica Jacinto Salviano de Almeida, Tatiane Uetti Gomes Fernandes, Kleber Giovanni Luz
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Cryptosporidium spp Well water Diarrhea. Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962
Zdroj:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 49, Iss 2, Pp 260-262 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1678-9849 0037-8682
DOI:	10.1590/0037-8682-0232-2015
Popis:	Abstract: Cryptosporidiosis is a very prominent disease in the field of public health, and usually causes diarrhea. We describe two immunocompetent patients who presented with chronic diarrhea that was ultimately found to be caused by continuous exposure to well water contaminated with the microbial cysts (oocysts) of the Cryptosporidium spp parasite. We describe the patients' histories and possible explanations for their prolonged symptoms.
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