The Most Neglected NTD: Cryptosporidiosis

The 14-month-old boy arrived last January at University Teaching Hospitals—Children’s Hospital, University of Zambia, Lusaka, after suffering 12 days of diarrhea and poor appetite. He was lethargic and dehydrated, and had underlying severe acute malnutrition. Lab tests confirmed co-author Beatrice Amadi’s suspicion that the boy was infected with Cryptosporidium, a top cause of watery, profuse diarrhea in severely malnourished children.