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Cryptosporidiosis
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Information resources on this opportunistic infection, from The Body.
http://www.thebody.com/treat/cryptosp.html
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health collection of resources about Cryptosporidium in drinking water. This single-celled organism is difficult to detect and can be life-threatening for the elderly, very young and immuno-compromised.
http://www.cieh.org.uk/crypto/
Technical discussion covering transmission, biology, pathogenesis, prevention and control, future strategies for treatment and prevention, and related topics.
http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/khan.htm
Learn about Cryptosporidiosis, what causes it, how to prevent it, and statistics
http://www.mamashealth.com/crypto.asp
Information related to the disease, routes of contamination, life cycle, testing and water treatment.
http://wilkes.edu/~eqc/crypto.htm
This pamphlet was prepared by the inter-agency Working Group on Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis, and describes various methods of protection from the one-celled parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/pa...es/cryptosporidiosis/default.htm
Article by Damon Eisen, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic484.htm
Includes articles, news stories, and factsheets.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cryptosporidiosis.html
Fact sheet with cause, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/pa...is/factsht_cryptosporidiosis.htm
Factsheet with cause, signs and symptoms, risk factors, complications, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/crypto.html