Editing Cryptosporidium (section)

==Life cycle==
[[Image:Cryptosporidiosis 01.png|thumb|right|300px|Life cycle of ''Cryptosporidium'' spp.]]
Cryptosporidium has three developmental stages: [[meronts]], [[gamonts]] and [[oocysts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptosporidium |url=https://www.parasite.org.au/para-site/text/cryptosporidium-text.html |website=The Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. |access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref> They reproduce within the intestinal [[epithelial cells]]. <ref name="A&O"> {{cite book |last1=Ash |first1=Lawrence |last2=Orihel |first2=Thomas |title=Ash & Orihel's Atlas of Human Parasitology |date=2007 |publisher=American Society for Clinical Pathology Press |edition=5th}}</ref> 
The ''Cryptosporidium'' [[spore]] phase ([[oocyst]]) can survive for lengthy periods outside a host. It can also resist many common [[disinfectant]]s, notably [[chlorine]]-based disinfectants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/carpenter.htm |title=Chlorine Disinfection of Recreational Water for ''Cryptosporidium parvum'' |publisher=CDC |access-date=2007-05-06}}</ref>