It's time to shine a spotlight on an often-overlooked deadly diarrhea parasite
Although Cryptosporidium is now identified as one of the leading causes of diarrheal disease among young children, this is a fairly recent development. Cryptosporidium (or Crypto) was first recognized as a human pathogen in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until 2013, when results from a major clinical and epidemiological survey conducted across Africa and Asia were published, that the true threat of this parasite became clear. Since then, additional multi-country studies and several smaller scale birth-cohort studies have added to the growing body of evidence confirming the significant impact th...
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