Cryptosporidium -- Canada
Canadian researchers have discovered an intestinal parasite known as _Cryptosporidium_ for the 1st time in a remote community in the Arctic.
The potentially dangerous parasite was found in Nunavik, in Quebec's far north.
A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre [MUHC] made the find after examining an outbreak of intestinal illnesses in 10 Indigenous villages between April 2013 and April 2014.
The researchers were able to identify the parasite as
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1O1KdaO
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