Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies
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...
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| description | 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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| spelling | ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7b6ed1152e68413f9812de1e529a1e4a 2025-01-16T20:27:57+00:00 Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies Natania Carol Cavalcante Rezende Camila Loredana Pereira Alves Madeira Bezerra Jéssica Jacinto Salviano de Almeida Tatiane Uetti Gomes Fernandes Kleber Giovanni Luz 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0232-2015 https://doaj.org/article/7b6ed1152e68413f9812de1e529a1e4a EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000200260&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0232-2015 https://doaj.org/article/7b6ed1152e68413f9812de1e529a1e4a Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 49, Iss 2, Pp 260-262 (2016) Cryptosporidium spp Well water Diarrhea Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0232-2015 2022-12-31T02:41:37Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 49 2 260 262 |
| spellingShingle | Cryptosporidium spp Well water Diarrhea Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Natania Carol Cavalcante Rezende Camila Loredana Pereira Alves Madeira Bezerra Jéssica Jacinto Salviano de Almeida Tatiane Uetti Gomes Fernandes Kleber Giovanni Luz Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies |
| title | Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies |
| title_full | Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies |
| title_fullStr | Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies |
| title_short | Secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies |
| title_sort | secondary transmission of cryptosporidiosis associated with well water consumption: two case studies |
| topic | Cryptosporidium spp Well water Diarrhea Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 |
| topic_facet | Cryptosporidium spp Well water Diarrhea Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0232-2015 https://doaj.org/article/7b6ed1152e68413f9812de1e529a1e4a |