title: [Cryptosporidium parvum: an emerging threat to the man].
abstract: The current opinions on the biology, epidemiology and potential role of Cryptosporidium parvum as an emerging, highly infectious threat are presented. Available Polish data concerning the frequency of cryptosporidiosis were gathered and the diagnostic procedures, pathogenesis and treatment of cryptosporidiosis are described.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Obserwacyjno-Zakaźna Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grzeszczuk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prokopowicz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology