Emergência da criptosporidiose e impactos na saúde humana e animal

Resumo

Cryptosporidiosis is an emerging parasitosis in Brazil and in the world, known as one of the major causes of diarrhoea in adults and children. Its importance is mainly due to its wide array of hosts and its potential as a zoonoses. Furthermore, the infective form of the agent, Cryptosporidium spp., is highly resistant in the environment, enabling food, water and soil contamination and thus potentially causing large outbreaks and massive economical and social losses. Sub notification, lack of efficient treatment and subutilization of efficient control methods hamper use of preventive measures to lower this disease impact.

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Palavras-chave

Criptosporidiose, Doença emergente, Parasitose, Zoonose, Cryptosporidiosis, Emergent disease, Parasitosis, Zoonoses

Citação

MADRID, Darling Mélany de Carvalho Madrid; BASTOS, Thiago Souza Azeredo; JAYME, Valéria de Sá. Emergência da criptosporidiose e impactos na saúde humana e animal. Enciclopédia Biosfera, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 22, p. 1150-1171, dez. 2015.