"Cryptosporidium parvum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic protozoa that infects humans and most domestic mammals. Its oocysts measure five microns in diameter. These organisms exhibit alternating cycles of sexual and asexual reproduction.
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D016785
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.043.075.189.250.150.160.170
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cryptosporidium parvum" by people in Profiles.
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Carter BL, Chalmers RM, Davies AP. Health sequelae of human cryptosporidiosis in industrialised countries: a systematic review. Parasit Vectors. 2020 Sep 04; 13(1):443.
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Rogers KA, Rogers AB, Leav BA, Sanchez A, Vannier E, Uematsu S, Akira S, Golenbock D, Ward HD. MyD88-dependent pathways mediate resistance to Cryptosporidium parvum infection in mice. Infect Immun. 2006 Jan; 74(1):549-56.
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Tumwine JK, Kekitiinwa A, Nabukeera N, Akiyoshi DE, Rich SM, Widmer G, Feng X, Tzipori S. Cryptosporidium parvum in children with diarrhea in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Jun; 68(6):710-5.
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Okhuysen PC, Rich SM, Chappell CL, Grimes KA, Widmer G, Feng X, Tzipori S. Infectivity of a Cryptosporidium parvum isolate of cervine origin for healthy adults and interferon-gamma knockout mice. J Infect Dis. 2002 May 01; 185(9):1320-5.
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Feng X, Rich SM, Tzipori S, Widmer G. Experimental evidence for genetic recombination in the opportunistic pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2002 Jan; 119(1):55-62.
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Feng X, Rich SM, Akiyoshi D, Tumwine JK, Kekitiinwa A, Nabukeera N, Tzipori S, Widmer G. Extensive polymorphism in Cryptosporidium parvum identified by multilocus microsatellite analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2000 Aug; 66(8):3344-9.
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Widmer G, Akiyoshi D, Buckholt MA, Feng X, Rich SM, Deary KM, Bowman CA, Xu P, Wang Y, Wang X, Buck GA, Tzipori S. Animal propagation and genomic survey of a genotype 1 isolate of Cryptosporidium parvum. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2000 May; 108(2):187-97.
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Urban JF, Fayer R, Sullivan C, Goldhill J, Shea-Donohue T, Madden K, Morris SC, Katona I, Gause W, Ruff M, Mansfield LS, Finkelman FD. Local TH1 and TH2 responses to parasitic infection in the intestine: regulation by IFN-gamma and IL-4. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 1996 Nov; 54(1-4):337-44.
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Urban JF, Fayer R, Chen SJ, Gause WC, Gately MK, Finkelman FD. IL-12 protects immunocompetent and immunodeficient neonatal mice against infection with Cryptosporidium parvum. J Immunol. 1996 Jan 01; 156(1):263-8.