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High association of Cryptosporidium spp. infection with colon adenocarcinoma in Lebanese patients

Marwan Osman, Sadia Benamrouz-Vanneste, Karine Guyot, Martha Baydoun, Émilie Fréalle, Magali Chabé, Nausicaa Gantois, Baptiste Delaire, Anne Goffard, Albert Aoun,

PLoS ONE · 2017 · 56 citations · 20 references

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This is the first study performed in Lebanon reporting the prevalence of Cryptosporidium among patients with digestive cancer. These results show that Cryptosporidium is strongly associated with human colon cancer being maybe a potential etiological agent of this disease.

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Marwan Osman, Dima El Safadi, Amandine Cian et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016 · 179 citations · Full text