Pregnant sows immunized with Cryptosporidium parvum significantly reduced infection in newborn piglets challenged with C. parvum but not with C. hominis.

• Main Authors: Abhineet Sheoran (Author), Alison Carvalho (Author), Ruby Pina Mimbela (Author), Adam South (Author), Samuel Major (Author), Melanie Ginese (Author), Donald Girouard (Author), Saul Tzipori (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The piglet is the only model to investigate the immunogenic relationship between Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum, the species responsible for diarrhea in humans. Despite being indistinguishable antigenically, and high genetic homology between them, they are only...