Distribution and clinical manifestations of Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in HIV/AIDS patients in Ethiopia.

• Main Authors: Haileeyesus Adamu (Author), Beyene Petros (Author), Guoqing Zhang (Author), Hailu Kassa (Author), Said Amer (Author), Jianbin Ye (Author), Yaoyu Feng (Author), Lihua Xiao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidiosis is an important cause for chronic diarrhea and death in HIV/AIDS patients. Among common Cryptosporidium species in humans, C. parvum is responsible for most zoonotic infections in industrialized nations. Nevertheless, the clinical significance of C. parvum and role of z...