Cryptosporidium parvum is a coccidian parasite that can cause profuse and watery diarrhea in infected persons. In patients with compromised immune systems, the illness may be life threatening. The young of most animal species (especially calves) are particularly prone to infection. Water is the largest potential common source of transmission.

Cryptosporidium research efforts in the Sterling Parasitology Laboratories have contributed to monoclonal detection techniques, production and purification methods, viability testing methods, and genomic identification methods.

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