Global Distribution, Public Health and Clinical Impact of the Protozoan Pathogen Cryptosporidium

Figure 5

Geographical distribution of Italian studies on Cryptosporidium surveillance. A map of the principal surveillance studies performed on environmental and human samples is here reported by using the following color codes: red for environmental samples (water, animal); green for human samples associated to HIV in adults; pink for children samples. Symbols refer to different Italian regions: Ab, Abruzzo; Ap, Apulia; Ca, Campania; ER, Emilia Romagna; FVG, Friuli Venezia Giulia; La, Latium; Lo, Lombardia; Ma, Marche; Pi, Piedmont; Sa, Sardinia; Si, Sicily; Tu, Tuscany; Ve, Veneto. Putignani and Menchella, 2010.