An Update on Zoonotic Cryptosporidium Species and Genotypes in Humans

U Ryan, A Zahedi, Y Feng, L Xiao - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cryptosporidium is a parasite that infects humans and a broad range of
animals. There are few diagnostic features that can be used to identify and differentiate …

Emergence of zoonotic Cryptosporidium parvum in China

Y Guo, U Ryan, Y Feng, L Xiao - Trends in Parasitology, 2022 - cell.com
Zoonotic cryptosporidiosis is a major public health problem in industrialized nations; in those
countries it is caused mainly by Cryptosporidium parvum IIa subtypes that are prevalent in …

[HTML][HTML] Critters and contamination: Zoonotic protozoans in urban rodents and water quality

S Egan, A Barbosa, Y Feng, L Xiao, U Ryan - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Rodents represent the single largest group within mammals and host a diverse array of
zoonotic pathogens. Urbanisation impacts wild mammals, including rodents, leading to …

High Diversity of Cryptosporidium Species and Subtypes Identified in Cryptosporidiosis Acquired in Sweden and Abroad

M Lebbad, J Winiecka-Krusnell, CR Stensvold, J Beser - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
The intestinal protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium is an important cause of diarrheal
disease worldwide. The aim of this study was to expand the knowledge on the molecular …

Cross-Border Investigations on the Prevalence and Transmission Dynamics of Cryptosporidium Species in Dairy Cattle Farms in Western Mainland Europe

P Pinto, CA Ribeiro, S Hoque, O Hammouma… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cryptosporidium is an apicomplexan parasitic protist, which infects a wide range of hosts,
causing cryptosporidiosis disease. In farms, the incidence of this disease is high in animals …

[HTML][HTML] The risk of wild birds contaminating source water with zoonotic Cryptosporidium and Giardia is probably overestimated

S Egan, AD Barbosa, Y Feng, L Xiao, U Ryan - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cryptosporidium and Giardia are important waterborne protozoan parasites that are
resistant to disinfectants commonly used for drinking water. Wild birds, especially wild …

Occurrence and genetic diversity of protist parasites in captive non-human primates, zookeepers, and free-living sympatric rats in the Córdoba Zoo Conservation …

PC Köster, A Dashti, B Bailo, AS Muadica, JG Maloney… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Little information is currently available on the epidemiology of parasitic
and commensal protist species in captive non-human primates (NHP) and their zoonotic …

[HTML][HTML] CryptoGenotyper: a new bioinformatics tool for rapid Cryptosporidium identification

CA Yanta, K Bessonov, G Robinson, K Troell… - Food and waterborne …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that is transmitted to both humans and animals
through zoonotic or anthroponotic means. When a host is infected with this parasite, it …

Multicopy subtelomeric genes underlie animal infectivity of divergent Cryptosporidium hominis subtypes

W Huang, W He, Y Huang, Y Tang, M Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The anthroponotic Cryptosporidium hominis differs from the zoonotic C. parvum in its lack of
infectivity to animals, but several divergent subtypes have recently been found in nonhuman …

Cryptosporidium parvum: an emerging occupational zoonosis in Finland

T Enbom, K Suominen, S Laitinen, J Ollgren… - Acta Veterinaria …, 2023 - Springer
Background Cryptosporidiosis has increased in recent years in Finland. We aimed to identify
risk factors for human cryptosporidiosis and to determine the significance of Cryptosporidium …