A UK study finds 4 in 5 dairy farms hit by cryptosporidiosis, costing up to £30K. Gaps in prevention and awareness remain a key concern.

Background —Cryptosporidiosis has been shown to be a common cause of diarrhoea in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed individuals. There are very few data on the distribution of Cryptosporidium ...

Cryptosporidium parvum in children with diarrhea in Zulia State, Venezuela. Am J Trop Med Hyg 56: 365-369. Chacín-Bonilla L, De Young M, Cano G, Guanipa N, Estevez J, Bonilla E 1993. Cryptosporidium ...

The treatment of cryptosporidiosis using pine bark extract (Pycnogenol®) in immunosuppressed adult C57BL/6N mice infected with Cryptosporidium parvum was investigated. Five groups of 10 mice/group ...

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public workshop sponsored by the interagency Risk Assessment Consortium (RAC) on the topic “Predicting human dose-response relationships ...

Cryptosporidium can cause severe stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea and is spread through direct contact with animals or touching surfaces that have animal faeces on them.

A public health warning is issued as 190,000 people are expected at open farm events across the UK.

Cryptosporidium parvum parasites. ... Hundreds of people have fallen ill with cryptosporidium after 17 outbreaks last year and another that saw dozens fall ill in Wales earlier this year.

Avoid using alcohol-based hand sanitisers alone – they are not effective against Cryptosporidium. Cryptosporidium parvum parasites, oocyst form, the cause of cryptosporidiosis 2.