To determine the prevalence of giardiasis in Gambian children with chronic diarrhoea and to assess their response to treatment, 31 children with chronic diarrhoea and malnutrition were investigated for giardiasis using a combination of serology (specific antigiardia IgM antibody) and microscopy of faeces and jejunal biopsy specimens. Fourteen of 31 children with chronic diarrhoea had giardiasis...

Cryptosporidiosis is caused by the protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium and the symptoms include watery diarrhoea, abdominal cramping, loss of appetite, fever, vomiting and nausea. The incubation period for cryptosporidiosis is one to 12 days. Treatment is supportive only; however, most healthy people tend to recover within two to 26 days. An infected person will excrete infectious oocysts for se...

background: cryptosporidium and isospora are known as one of the main cause of diarrhea in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised subjects, all over the world. incidence of enteropathogens such as cryptosporidium spp. and isospora belli considerably has increased, since immunodeficiency virus (hiv) rapidly disseminated. in addition, cancer patients are highly susceptible to opportunistic in...

background : cryptosporidium, an intracellular protozean parasite, is among the major causative agents of gastroenteritis disorders in humans and also causing water-borne and food-borne outbreaks of diarrheal diseases. this study investigated subtypes of cryptosporidium in patients with gastrointestinal complaints in tehran, iran. methods: a total of 1685 fecal samples were collected from patie...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Cryptosporidiosis is a leading cause of protracted, life threatening diarrhoea in HIV infected patients. Although data on prevalence are available for Indian patients, no information on risk factors for transmission exists. We therefore undertook this study to identify risk factors for transmission of cryptosporidiosis in HIV infected adults. METHODS Both symptomatic (d...

Cryptosporidium infection, or cryptosporidiosis, was first described in mice by Ernest Tyzzer in 1907, yet infection of humans went unrecognized until 1976 [1,2]. The emergence of HIV brought human cryptosporidiosis to the fore, in the 1980s, as a chronic and life threatening opportunistic infection. Most recently, a series of epidemiological studies have revealed the truly ubiquitous nature of...

Giardiasis is one of the most common parasitic diseases in the United States with over 15 400 cases reported in 2005. A survey was conducted by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to evaluate the knowledge of obstetricians and gynecologists regarding the diagnosis and treatment of giardiasis. T...

Objetivo: Describir la efectividad del tratamiento antiparasitario intestinal brindado a niños de cuatro nueve años atendidos en el centro Salud Universidad Quindío entre Julio 2017 marzo 2018.
 Materiales y métodos: Estudio observacional prospectivo. Se extrajeron datos historias clínicas pacientes con rango edad 4 9 años, quienes consultaron Centro se diagnosticaron mediante coprológico ...

Cryptosporidiosis is one of the main protozoan infections in birds. It manifests as either a respiratory or a digestive illness, and it affects a very large number of avian species across several continents. The aim of this review is to report on the main results of studies on cryptosporidiosis among birds and the importance of these results to veterinary medicine and public health.

Cryptosporidiosis is a major human health concern globally. Despite well-established methods, misdiagnosis remains common. Our understanding of the cryptosporidiosis biochemical mechanism limited, compounding difficulty clinical diagnosis. Here, we used systems biology approach to investigate underlying interactions in C57BL/6J mice infected with Cryptosporidium parvum. Faecal samples were coll...