Quick detection in cases of presumptive infection by intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium parvum and/or Giardia lamblia (syn. Giardia intestinalis)
Disease:
Transfer of infection:
Risk groups:
Incubation period:
Clinical symptoms:
a)cryptosporidiosis
b)giardiasis
contamined food or water, fecal-oral route
immunocompromised persons, elderly people, children
a)5 days
b)5 - 15 days
a)diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting
b)duodenitis, enteritis, enterocolitis, pail greasy stool, watery diarrhea,stomach cramps, nausea