| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Milwaukee's crypto infection through public water supply | 1993 outbreak |
| profuse and watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, fatigue, illness can last several weeks, no treatment | symptoms |
| 30 oocysts | infective dose |
| protozoan, oocyst is oval, thick cell wall, net negative surface charge | morphology |
| didn't know it infected humans, historically an animal pathogen | Emerging pathogen |
| cattles a major source of oocyst, resistant in environment and chlorination, shed in high numbers | Distribution/Prevalence |
| indirect immunofluroesence assay, cell culture | detection method |
| filtration, UV and ozone, boil water, POU filter | control method |
| Determine vability, concentration oocysts from environment, optimization of DW treatment through filtration coagulation, UV and AOP | Current Research |
| exposure of crypto is a major concern | HIV/AIDS community |
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