Cryptosporidiosis is predominantly an urban, anthroponotic infectious disease among Zambian children.

Barbara BandaJoyce SiwilaAndrew N MukubesaSimbarashe ChitangaPatrick KaongaKatendi ChangulaEdgar SimulunduNgonda SaasaM Paul Kelly

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)

All isolates successfully genotyped were C. hominis or anthroponotic C. parvum, suggesting that anthroponotic transmission dominates in Lusaka and the surrounding countryside.

Keyphrases

infectious diseases
young adults
genetic diversity
african american