Common occurrence of Cryptosporidium hominis in asymptomatic and symptomatic calves in France.

• Main Authors: Romy Razakandrainibe (Author), El Hadji Ibrahima Diawara (Author), Damien Costa (Author), Laetitia Le Goff (Author), Denis Lemeteil (Author), Jean Jacques Ballet (Author), Gilles Gargala (Author), Loïc Favennec (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Cryptosporidium spp. infections are the most frequent parasitic cause of diarrhea in humans and cattle. However, asymptomatic cases are less often documented than symptomatic cases or cases with experimentally infected animals. Cryptosporidium (C.) hominis infection accounts for the majority of pedi...