“…Cryptosporidium is a protozoan pathogen genus, sometimes informally referred to as Crypto, belonging to the Apicomplexa phylum that is responsible for causing gastrointestinal diseases in both animals and humans (Betancourth et al 2021). Two types of diseases, intestinal Cryptosporidiosis and respiratory Cryptosporidiosis, have been reported in both the immune-deficient and immunocompromised individuals (Madbouly et al 2021).…”