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What's the intestinal disease caused by a single cell parasite from rat droppings in drinking water?
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Cryptosporidium : Rats can harbor cryptosporidium but how often they are related to human cases is unknown although the original source of the protozoan in human infection is often not known.
Answered 9/8/2013
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