Infections by the protozoan enteroparasites Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp are a major cause of morbidity in children attending day care facilities in developed countries. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to estimate the occurrence and genotype frequencies of these pathogens in children attending day care centers in Majadahonda, Central Spain. To do so, single stool samples w...

Cryptosporidiosis has emerged as a leading cause of non-viral diarrhea in children under five years of age in the developing world, yet the current standard of care to treat Cryptosporidium infections, nitazoxanide, demonstrates limited and immune-dependent efficacy. Given the lack of treatments with universal efficacy, drug discovery efforts against cryptosporidiosis are necessary to find ther...

BACKGROUND G. intestinalis and Cryptosporidium spp. are responsible for gastrointestinal infections worldwide. Contaminated food, feces, drinking water and predictors such as poverty, cultural and behavioral aspects have been involved in their transmission. Published studies about these infections are limited in Mexico. Cananea, Sonora is located in northwest Mexico and is one of the regions wi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum in diarrhoeal patients. DESIGN This was a laboratory-based cross sectional study on cryptosporidiosis in diarrhoeal patients. SETTING Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences in Harare, Zimbabwe. SUBJECTS People of all ages with diarrhoea presenting at primary level health centres in Harare. MAI...

Cryptosporidium spp is now widely accepted as a cause of gastroenteritis. Various methods have been applied to detect oocysts in faeces, but the difficulties of discriminating between non-cryptosporidial bodies, acid fast bodies like cryptosporidia, and cryptosporidia remain. A simple examination in two stages, suitable for routine use is described, using auramine phenol and carbol fuchsine for...

Parasites belonging to genus Cryptosporidium constitute a large number of animal and human species of intestinal Coccidia. Among several species, C. parvum and C. muris is well recognized diarrheal agent in immune-competent as well as immunocompromised human host. Cosmopolitan distribution, stability over large variation of temperature, wide host range and zoonotic potential are the unique feat...

from december 1990 to june 1992 in ahwaz, capital of khoozestan province, 1333 patients referred to khoozestan parasitology center, in 29 cases of whom cryptosporidium pallium was detected. all infected patients were less than eight years of age. the parasite was most prevalent in the 0-1 year old age group. though some c. parvlil1l infected cases harboured giardia lamblia, there was no relatio...

625 first half of the year and a small increase in the second half. If we assume that the increase in cases in the second half of the year is not associated with drinking water, the benefit of the intervention is 905 reported cases per year (the average reduction in the first half of the year). Not all cases of cryptosporidiosis in the community are reported to national surveillance, and the ra...

Three recent drinking-water-associated cryptosporidiosis outbreaks in Northern Ireland were investigated by using genotyping and subgenotyping tools. One Cryptosporidium parvum outbreak was caused by the bovine genotype, and two were caused by the human genotype. Subgenotyping analyses indicate that two predominant subgenotypes were associated with these outbreaks and had been circulating in th...