Cryptosporidiosis in Southeast Asia: What's out There?

Abstract

Cryptosporidiosis is a socioeconomically important, enteric disease caused by a group of protozoan parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium. The significant morbidity and mortality in animals and humans caused by this disease as well as its considerable impact on the water industry have made its prevention and control a global challenge, particularly given that there are presently no widespread, affordable or effective treatment or vaccination strategies. Although much is known about Cryptosporidium and the impact of cryptosporidiosis and other diarrhoeal diseases in developed countries, this is not the case for many developing countries in Africa, South America and Asia. In Southeast Asia, wh..