Product Information

• Crypto + Giardia
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• Catalog No.: N882001VC

Product Description

CerTest Crypto + Giardia is a one step combo card test is a coloured chromatographic immunoassay for the simultaneous qualitative detection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in stool samples

CerTest Crypto + Giardia combo card test offers a simple and a highly sensitive screening assay to make a presumptive diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis and/or giardiasis.

Giardiasis is a diarrheal illness caused by a very small parasite, Giardia intestinalis (also known as Giardia lamblia and Giardia duodenalis). Once an animal or person is infected with Giardia, the parasite lives in the intestine and is passed in the stool. The parasite is protected by an outer shell and can survive outside the body and in the environment for a long time.

Cryptosporidium parvum is the major cause of persistent diarrhoea in developing countries. This parasite is recognised as a highly infectious enteric pathogen and infective stage is transmitted by the fecal-oral route. Symptoms of cryptosporidiosis include watery diarrhoea, stomach cramps, weight loss, nausea and sometimes fever.