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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 51(3), 1994, pp. 322-325
Copyright © 1994 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Cryptosporidium Parvum in Children with Diarrhea in Mexico

Kathe Miller, Carlos Duran-Pinales, Antonio Cruz-Lopez, Luis Morales-Lechuga, Douglas Taren AND F. Javier Enriquez
Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Departmento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico; Department of Veterinary Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Using an anti-oocyst wall monoclonal antibody-based immunofluorescence assay, the presence of Cryptosporidium parvum was evaluated in children with diarrhea from rural areas (selected from a door-to-door community survey) and from urban areas (patients attending hospitals) in the State of Puebla, Mexico. Prevalences of 9.4% in a rural population (n = 85) and 29.6% in a hospital-based urban population (n = 81). There was no consistent correlation between water source and other environmental data and the presence of C. parvum in stools. It is concluded that C. parvum may be an important pathogen associated with diarrhea in this Mexican state.






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