Household Socioeconomic and Demographic Correlates of Cryptosporidium Seropositivity in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cryptosporidium are parasitic protozoa that infect humans, domestic animals, and wildlife globally. In the United States, cryptosporidiosis occurs in an estimated 750,000 persons annually, and is primarily caused by either of the Cryptosporidium parvum genotypes 1 and 2, exposure to which occurs through ingestion of food or water contaminated with oocytes shed from infected hosts. Although most cryptosporidiosis cases are caused by genotype 1 and are of human origin, the zoonotic sources of genotype 2, such as livestock, are increasingly recognized as important for understanding human disease patterns. Social inequality could mediate patterns of human exposure and infection by placing individuals in environments where food or water contamination and livestock contact is

SUBMITTER: Becker DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4569081 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature