Parasite Name
Cryptosporidium
Geographic
Distribution
Worldwide distribution
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all stages)
Life Cycle
Swallowed in contanimanted water
Hatch inside the body
Multiply asexually
Spread
Host
Intermediate:
Definitive: Mammals, humans
Disease
Cryptosporidiosis: Causes diarrhea
Diagnosis
Examination of stool samples
Treatment
Nitazoxanide
Prevention and
Control
Practicing good hygiene
Parasite Name
Helminths
Geographic
Distribution
Africa, South America and Asia-Pacific
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all stages)
Life Cycle
Host
Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention and
Control
Start in an egg
Become Larvae
Than adults
Intermediate: Larval
Definitive: Adult worms
Hookworm
Detection of helminth eggs in stool samples using microscopic techniques.
Helminthic therapy, an experimental type of immunotherapy, is the treatment of autoimmune diseases and immune
disorders by means of deliberate infestation with a helminth or with the eggs of a helminth.
careful hand hygiene; washing, peeling, and cooking raw vegetables and fruit; and boiling or treating water