Diarrhea Associated with Cryptosporidium parvum among Young Children of the Nile River Delta in Egypt

IA Abdel-Messih, TF Wierzba… - Journal of tropical …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Over a 2-year period, the prevalence and clinical characteristics of Cryptosporidium-
associated diarrhea in the Nile River Delta of Egypt was studied. A stool sample was …

Cryptosporidiosis should be designated as a tropical disease by the US Food and Drug Administration

RKM Choy, CD Huston - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Although the protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium spp. was recognized as a human
pathogen in 1976 [1], it was only after a major outbreak in 1993 that sickened more than …

Prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection among undernourished children in Jos, Central Nigeria

EB Banwat, DZ Egah, BA Onile, IA Angyo… - Nigerian Postgraduate …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
This prospective study aimed at determining the prevalence data of Cryptosporidium
infection in undernourished children, its seasonality and its relative frequency in diarrhoeic …

Cryptosporidium infection in infancy as a cause of malnutrition: a community study from Guinea-Bissau, west Africa

K Mølbak, M Andersen, P Aaby, N Højlyng… - The American journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
Cryptosporidium parvum causes persistent diarrhea in young children in developing
countries. To determine the interaction between nutritional status and cryptosporidiosis, an …

Revisiting the global problem of cryptosporidiosis and recommendations

AK Shrivastava, S Kumar, WA Smith… - Tropical …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Cryptosporidiosis is a gastrointestinal illness caused by the protozoan parasite
Cryptosporidium species, which is a leading cause of diarrhea in a variety of vertebrate …

Cryptosporidiosis in humans: review of recent epidemiologic studies

TR Navin - European Journal of Epidemiology, 1985 - Springer
Since 1976, when Cryptosporidium was first recognized as a human pathogen,
understanding of the epidemiology of this protozoan parasite has increased substantially …

Multisite study of cryptosporidiosis in children with diarrhea in India

SSR Ajjampur, FB Liakath, A Kannan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptosporidium spp., a common cause of diarrhea in children, were investigated in the first
multisite study in India. Diarrheal stools from hospitalized children aged< 5 years from Delhi …

Molecular Screening and Genotyping of Cryptosporidium Species in Household Dogs and In-Contact Children in Egypt: Risk Factor Analysis and Zoonotic …

RMA Gharieb, AMA Merwad, AA Saleh… - Vector-Borne and …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Cryptosporidiosis is a parasitic zoonosis implicated in severe diarrhoea in pets and humans.
This study aimed to determine the prevalence and genotypes of Cryptosporidium spp. in …

Childhood Cryptosporidium infection among aboriginal communities in Peninsular Malaysia

HM Al‐Mekhlafi, MAK Mahdy, MY 'Azlin… - Annals of Tropical …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Cryptosporidium is a coccidian parasite that is prevalent worldwide, some species of which
cause morbidity in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. The …

Seroepidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in children in Papua New Guinea and Australia

VJ Groves, D Lehmann, GL Gilbert - Epidemiology & Infection, 1994 - cambridge.org
Enzyme immunoassays (EIA) were used to measure serum antibodies to Cryptosporidium in
four immunocompetent adults with recent proven cryptosporidial infection, 379 healthy …