Cryptosporidium parvum: Transmission and Infection

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Science

 

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Linda R

 

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July 4, 2012

 

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University

 

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Because of C. parvum's resistance to many of the procedures used to process drinking water and food, and the parasite's extremely high fecundity, the potential for a large scale outbreak is very high. In fact, C. parvum was responsible for an outbreak in Milwaukee in 1993 when an estimated 403,000 people became ill...
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This was the largest waterborne outbreak of disease in United States history. This paper will cover some aspects of C. parvum's life cycle, human sickness caused by the parasite, routes of transmission, and practices of control. There are six different species of Cryptosporidium, C. parvum being the only species which infects mammals (Gutierrez, 1990)...
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