Tzipori Saul, Widmer Giovanni
Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
Trends Parasitol. 2008 Apr;24(4):184-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.01.002. Epub 2008 Mar 7.
Tyzzer discovered the genus Cryptosporidium a century ago, and for almost 70 years cryptosporidiosis was regarded as an infrequent and insignificant infection that occurred in the intestines of vertebrates and caused little or no disease. Its association with gastrointestinal illness in humans and animals was recognized only in the early 1980s. Over the next 25 years, information was generated on the disease's epidemiology, biology, cultivation, taxonomy and development of molecular tools. Milestones include: (i) recognition in 1980 of cryptosporidiosis as an acute enteric disease; (ii) its emergence as a chronic opportunistic infection that complicates AIDS; (iii) acknowledgement of impact on the water industry once it was shown to be waterborne; and (iv) study of Cryptosporidium genomics.
泰泽在一个世纪前发现了隐孢子虫属,在近70年的时间里,隐孢子虫病被视为一种在脊椎动物肠道中发生的罕见且无足轻重的感染,几乎不引起疾病或仅引起轻微疾病。直到20世纪80年代初,人们才认识到它与人和动物胃肠道疾病的关联。在接下来的25年里,人们获得了有关该疾病流行病学、生物学、培养、分类学以及分子工具开发等方面的信息。里程碑事件包括:(i)1980年将隐孢子虫病确认为一种急性肠道疾病;(ii)它作为一种使艾滋病复杂化的慢性机会性感染出现;(iii)一旦证明它可通过水传播,便认识到其对水行业的影响;以及(iv)对隐孢子虫基因组学的研究。