**7.5 Diagnosis**

Oocysts can be detected using Ziehl-Nielsen stained fecal smears Cryptosporidia can be diagnosed by fecal flotation. A number of molecular and immunological assays are available for diagnosis for example immunofluorescence (IF) or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) (Taylor et al., 2007).

Cryptosporidiosis is a zoonotic disease, and human can become infected from handling infected animals or feces.
