A ‘Tropical’ Parasitic Disease Emerges in the Canadian Arctic
![Cryptosporidium. Image-McGill University Health Center A ‘Tropical’ Parasitic Disease Emerges in the Canadian Arctic](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/Health/image29-04-2016-10.45.41.jpg)
An outbreak of an intestinal parasite common in the tropics, known as Cryptosporidium, has been identified for the first time in the Arctic. The discovery was made in Nunavik, Quebec, by a team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), in collaboration with the Nunavik Department of Public Health, Institut National […]