Additional Resources
Laboratory Testing
Manufacturer's recall of rapid cartridge assay kits on the basis of false-positive Cryptosporidium antigen tests — Colorado, 2004.
MMWR (March 12, 2004 / 53(09);198)
Public health dispatch: manufacturer's recall of rapid assay kits based on false positive Cryptosporidium antigen tests — Wisconsin, 2001–2002
MMWR (March 8, 2002 / 51(09;189)
False-positive laboratory tests for Cryptosporidium involving an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay — United States, November 1997-March 1998
MMWR (January 15, 1999 / 48(01);4-8)
Recommendations for collection of laboratory specimens associated with outbreaks of gastroenteritis
MMWR (October 26, 1990 / 39(RR-14);1-13)
Molecular Biology
Cryptosporidium species and subtypes and clinical manifestations in Children, Peru
EID (Vol. 14, No. 10 October 2008)
New Cryptosporidium genotypes in HIV-infected persons
EID (Vol. 5, No. 3 May-June 1999)
Differentiating human from animal isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum
EID (Vol. 4, No. 4 October-December 1998)
Genetic polymorphism among Cryptosporidium parvum isolates: evidence of two distinct human transmission cycles
EID (Vol. 3, No. 4 October-December 1997)
Sporadic Cryptosporidiosis
Roy SL, DeLong SM, Stenzel SA, Shiferaw B, Roberts JM, Khalakdina A, et al. Risk factors for sporadic cryptosporidiosis among immunocompetent persons in the United States from 1999 to 2001. J Clin Microbiol. 2004;42(7):2944-2951.
Sporadic cryptosporidiosis case-control study with genotyping
EID (Vol, 10, No. 7 July 2004)
Sporadic cryptosporidiosis, North Cumbria, England, 1996–2000
EID (Vol. 10, No. 6 June 2004)
Environmental Occurrence & Remediation
Cryptosporidium parvum in oysters from commercial harvesting sites in the Chesapeake Bay
EID (Vol. 5, No. 5 September-October 1999)
Chlorine disinfection of recreational water for Cryptosporidium parvum
EID (Vol. 5, No. 4 July-August 1999)
General
Cost of illness in the 1993 waterborne Cryptosporidium outbreak, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
EID (Vol. 9, No. 4 April 2003)
Epidemiology and detection as options for control of viral and parasitic foodborne disease
EID (Vol. 3, No. 4 October-December 1997)
Cryptosporidiosis: an emerging, highly infectious threat
EID (Vol. 3, No.1 January-March 1997)
Assessing the public health threat associated with waterborne cryptosporidiosis: report of a workshop
MMWR (June 16, 1995 / 44(RR-6);1-19)
Waterborne cryptosporidiosis threat addressed
EID (Vol. 1, No.2 April-June 1995)
Human cryptosporidiosis — Alabama
MMWR (May 21, 1982 / 31(19);252-4)
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