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What is cryptosporidium?

Page last updated 15 June 2022

Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite – a single-celled organism that causes gastroenteritis (or gastro). The parasite lives in the bowel of infected humans, pets, wild and farm animals and causes diarrhoea, stomach cramps, fever and vomiting, which can last for several weeks

Sources & Citations

  1. NSW Government Health. Cryptosporidiosis Communicable Diseases Factsheet. Available at: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Factsheets/cryptosporidiosis.pdf (accessed June 2022).
  2. Victoria State Government health.vic. Cryptosporisiosis. Available at: https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/public-health/infectious-diseases/disease-information-advice/cryptosporidiosis (accessed June 2022).

MAT-AU-2201782  Date of preparation June 2022