Transcriptomic analysis of intracellular and extracellular stages of Cryptosporidium parvum.. Transcriptomic analysis of intracellular and extracellular stages of Cryptosporidium parvum

Human cryptosporidiosis is caused primarily by two Cryptosporidium species, C. parvum. The enteric infection is frequent in infants living in developing regions. Cryptosporidium parasites are cultured in monolayers of epithelial cells. . To better understand parasite-host interaction, we analyzed the C. parvum transcriptome from sporozites infecting cells at 0h, 2h, 24h and 48h post-infection.