title: Cryptosporidium.
abstract: This review discusses characteristics of the genus Cryptosporidium and addresses the pathogenesis, reservoirs, public health significance and current applications for the detection and typing of this important pathogen. By increasing knowledge in key areas of Cryptosporidium research such as aetiology, epidemiology, transmission and host interactions, the numbers of cases of human cryptosporidiosis should be reduced.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Molecular Biosciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Co., Londonderry, UK.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sunnotel
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lowery
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: J S G
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dooley
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rooney
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Snelling
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004285:Dogs; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health