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The Infectivity of<i>Cryptosporidium parvum</i>in Healthy Volunteers

1995883 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Herbert L. DuPont · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Cynthia L. Chappell · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Charles R. Sterling · University of Arizona

Pablo C. Okhuysen

Joan B. Rose · University of South Florida

Walter Jakubowski · Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

Abstract

In healthy adults with no serologic evidence of past infection with C. parvum, a low dose of C. parvum oocysts is sufficient to cause infection.

Topics & Keywords

Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Amoebic Infections and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 332, Issue 13, pp. 855-859

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199503303321304

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 30.49

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