"Cryptosporidium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of coccidian parasites of the family CRYPTOSPORIDIIDAE, found in the intestinal epithelium of many vertebrates including humans.
| Descriptor ID |
D003458
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.043.075.189.250.150.160
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cryptosporidium" by people in Profiles.
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Potentially Zoonotic Enteric Infections in Gorillas and Chimpanzees, Cameroon and Tanzania. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Mar; 30(3):577-580.
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Modelling Cryptosporidium infection in human small intestinal and lung organoids. Nat Microbiol. 2018 07; 3(7):814-823.
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Structure of Cryptosporidium IMP dehydrogenase bound to an inhibitor with in vivo antiparasitic activity. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2015 May; 71(Pt 5):531-8.
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Epidemiology and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in humans, wild primates, and domesticated animals in the Greater Gombe Ecosystem, Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Feb; 9(2):e0003529.