BACKGROUND A quasi-experimental study was conducted to determine whether or not a protected water supply (bottled drinking water) could prevent or delay cryptosporidial infections among children residing in an endemic community. METHODS A total of 176 children residing in a semiurban slum area in southern India were enrolled preweaning and received either bottled (n = 90) or municipal (n = 86...

Background: We are not aware of any survey data that has assessed the general awareness by pediatricians of Giardia and/or Cryptosporidium infection, the most common causes of human intestinal parasitic infections in the United States. The aim of this survey was to evaluate pediatrician knowledge and perceptions on the treatment of parasitic infections in children 1-12 years of age. Methods: A ...

Cryptosporidiosis is a common cause of diarrhea in children. Morbidity rates are higher underdeveloped nations, where it more common. The risk factors for cryptosporidiosis children with diarrhoea were studied case control study .The Al-Najaf city, who attend two hospitals the sample this . There 89 patients under age three wet mounts, concentration approach was used to diagnose all stool sampl...

OBJECTIVE Cryptosporidium spp. is obligatory intracellular parasite and causes intestinal infection. In intestine infections in the form of sporadic and epidemics, food and accordingly workers in food sector may play a role as the source of infection. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the existence of asymptomatic cryptosporidiosis. METHODS In the study, stool samples of 393 workers -emplo...

In the summer of 1994, an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis occurred among visitors to a state park in New Jersey. We enrolled 185 persons in a cohort study, 38 (20.5%) of whom had laboratory-confirmed cryptosporidiosis or gastrointestinal illness that met our clinical case definition. Having any exposure to lake water (e.g., swimming) was strongly associated with illness (P < .001). The outbreak l...

In Scotland, rates of cryptosporidiosis infection in humans peak during the spring, a peak that is coincident with the peak in rates of infection in farm animals (during lambing and calving time). Here we show that, during the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in 2001, there was a significant reduction in human cases of cryptosporidiosis infection in southern Scotland, where FMD was pres...

BACKGROUND The flagellate protozoan Giardia duodenalis is an enteric parasite causing human giardiasis, a major gastrointestinal disease of global distribution affecting both developing and industrialised countries. In Spain, sporadic cases of giardiasis have been regularly identified, particularly in pediatric and immigrant populations. However, there is limited information on the genetic vari...

In this study parasitic infection of bobwhite and Japanese quails were clarified in farms of Garmsar city in province of Semnan. Forty quails from two breeds randomly were selected and they examined to identify all internal and external parasites .Finding was shown that five percent of the quails examined harbored one or more species of helminthes. Two cestodes, Raillietina echinobothrida and R...

Results Among the 70 patients involved, the average age was 37 years with a slight male predominance. The median CD4 was 62cel/mm 3. Digestive opportunistic parasitic were indicative of HIV infection in 54 cases (77%) and in 16 cases (23%) they occurred at the waning of treatment failure. All patients had diarrhea. These opportunistic parasitic agents were isolated only in 56 cases: the cryptos...

BACKGROUND Infectious disease burden estimates provided by a composite health measure give a balanced view of the true impact of a disease on a population, allowing the relative impact of diseases that differ in severity and mortality to be monitored over time. This article presents the first national disease burden estimates for a comprehensive set of 32 infectious diseases in the Netherlands....