Molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium species in Kpong and its environs, Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cryptosporidium is a ubiquitous enteric protozoan pathogen infecting humans, domestic animals, and wildlife worldwide. It is a waterborne pathogen with recognized zoonotic potential and a definite cause of diarrhea and nutritional disorders in institutional and community settings. One challenge facing the world's supply of clean drinking water is contamination from feces and soil. It has been established that small quantities of oocysts, the infective stage, can cause human disease. Also, their resistance to chlorination and other water treatment procedures has been demonstrated. Kpong, a community in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana, is one of the primary sources of water supply to Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Being able to determin

SUBMITTER: Mensah GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9956599 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature