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Tzipori S, Ward H, 2002. Cryptosporidiosis: biology, pathogenesis and disease. Microbes Infect 4 :1047–1058.
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Huang DB, Chappell C, Okhuysen PC, 2004. Cryptosporidiosis in children. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 15 :253–259.
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Corso PS, Kramer MH, Blair KA, Addiss DG, Davis JP, Haddix JP, 2003. Cost of illness in the 1993 waterborne Cryptosporidium outbreak, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Emerg Infect Dis 9 :426–431.
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Xiao L, Fayer R, Ryan U, Upton SJ, 2004. Cryptosporidium taxonomy: recent advances and implications for public health. Clin Microbiol Rev 17 :72–97.
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Belhadj S, Kallel K, Boussen N, Goubantini A, Bejaoui M, Ben Salem N, Zribi A, Ben Chaabane T, Chaker E, 1999. Role of cryptosporidia and microsporidia in diarrhea in immunocompromised patients. Tunis Med 77 :638–643.
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Bouratbine A, Aoun K, Barbouche R, Bejaoui M, Ben Ismaïl R, 1998. Fréquence d’isolement des oocystes de Cryptosporidium dans les selles diarrhéiques d’enfants tunisiens. Med Mal Infect 28 :308–310.
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Fathallah A, Saghrouni F, Madani B, Ben Rejeb N, Ben Said M, 2004. La cryptosporidiose dans la region de Sousse, Tunisie. Arch Pediatr 11 :207–211.
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Casemore DP, Amstrong M, Jackson B, 1984. Screening for Cryptosporidium in stools. Lancet I :734–735.
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Coupe S, Sarfati C, Hamame S, Derouin F, 2005. Detection of Cryptosporidium and identification to the species level by nested PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism. J Clin Microbiol 43 :1017–1023.
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Llorente MT, Clavel A, Goni MP, Varea M, Seral C, Becerril R, Suarez L, Gomez-Lus R, 2007. Genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium species from humans in Spain. Int J Parasitol 56 :201–205.
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Gatei W, Suputtamongkol Y, Waywa D, Ashford RW, Bailey JW, Greensill J, Beeching NJ, Hart CA, 2002. Zoonotic species of Cryptosporidium are as prevalent as the anthroponotic in HIV-infected patients in Thailand. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 96 :797–802.
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Xiao L, Bern C, Limor J, Sulaiman I, Roberts J, Checkley W, Cabrera L, Gilman RH, Lal AA, 2001. Identification of 5 types of Cryptosporidium parasites in children in Lima, Peru. J Infect Dis 183 :492–497.
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Caccio SM, 2005. Molecular epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis. Parasitologia 47 :185–192.
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Learmonth JJ, Ionas G, Ebbett KA, Kwan ES, 2004. Genetic characterization and transmission cycles of Cryptosporidium species isolated from humans in New Zealand. Appl Environ Microbiol 70 :3973–3978.
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Alves M, Xiao L, Antunes F, Matos O, 2006. Distribution of Cryptosporidium subtypes in humans and domestic and wild ruminants in Portugal. Parasitol Res 99 :287–292.
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Identification of Cryptosporidium Species Infecting Humans in Tunisia
Rym Essid
Rym Essid
Laboratoire de Recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Laboratoire d’Immunologie-Vaccinologie-Genetique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service des Maladies Infectieuses, la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire d’Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris et Faculté Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Mohamed Mousli
Mohamed Mousli
Laboratoire de Recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Laboratoire d’Immunologie-Vaccinologie-Genetique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service des Maladies Infectieuses, la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire d’Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris et Faculté Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Karim Aoun
Karim Aoun
Laboratoire de Recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Laboratoire d’Immunologie-Vaccinologie-Genetique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service des Maladies Infectieuses, la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire d’Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris et Faculté Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Rim Abdelmalek
Rim Abdelmalek
Laboratoire de Recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Laboratoire d’Immunologie-Vaccinologie-Genetique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service des Maladies Infectieuses, la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire d’Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris et Faculté Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Fethi Mellouli
Fethi Mellouli
Laboratoire de Recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Laboratoire d’Immunologie-Vaccinologie-Genetique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service des Maladies Infectieuses, la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire d’Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris et Faculté Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Fakher Kanoun
Fakher Kanoun
Laboratoire de Recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Laboratoire d’Immunologie-Vaccinologie-Genetique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service des Maladies Infectieuses, la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire d’Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris et Faculté Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Francis Derouin
Francis Derouin
Laboratoire de Recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Laboratoire d’Immunologie-Vaccinologie-Genetique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service des Maladies Infectieuses, la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire d’Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris et Faculté Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Aïda Bouratbine
Aïda Bouratbine
Laboratoire de Recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Laboratoire d’Immunologie-Vaccinologie-Genetique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service des Maladies Infectieuses, la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire d’Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Tunis, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris et Faculté Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Prevalence and species distribution of Cryptosporidium spp. were determined among 633 immunocompetent children less than five years of age and 75 patients hospitalized for immunodeficiency who lived in northern Tunisia. Microscopy was used for initial screening to detect positive samples and a nested polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis was used to determine the species. Cryptosporidium spp. was identified in 2.7% of cases (19 stool samples), and there was a significant difference between samples collected from immunocompromised patients and those collected from healthy children (10.7% versus 1.7%). Prevalence was also significantly higher in diarrheal specimens than in formed specimens (6.3% versus 1.6%). Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum were responsible for most Cryptosporidium spp. infections (78.9%). Cryptosporidium hominis was more prevalent in children from urban areas than in those from rural areas, and C. parvum was found with similar prevalence rates in the two populations. Cryptosporidium meleagridis was identified in four children on farms.
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Tzipori S, Ward H, 2002. Cryptosporidiosis: biology, pathogenesis and disease. Microbes Infect 4 :1047–1058.
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2
Huang DB, Chappell C, Okhuysen PC, 2004. Cryptosporidiosis in children. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 15 :253–259.
-
3
Corso PS, Kramer MH, Blair KA, Addiss DG, Davis JP, Haddix JP, 2003. Cost of illness in the 1993 waterborne Cryptosporidium outbreak, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Emerg Infect Dis 9 :426–431.
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4
Xiao L, Fayer R, Ryan U, Upton SJ, 2004. Cryptosporidium taxonomy: recent advances and implications for public health. Clin Microbiol Rev 17 :72–97.
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5
Belhadj S, Kallel K, Boussen N, Goubantini A, Bejaoui M, Ben Salem N, Zribi A, Ben Chaabane T, Chaker E, 1999. Role of cryptosporidia and microsporidia in diarrhea in immunocompromised patients. Tunis Med 77 :638–643.
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6
Bouratbine A, Aoun K, Barbouche R, Bejaoui M, Ben Ismaïl R, 1998. Fréquence d’isolement des oocystes de Cryptosporidium dans les selles diarrhéiques d’enfants tunisiens. Med Mal Infect 28 :308–310.
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7
Fathallah A, Saghrouni F, Madani B, Ben Rejeb N, Ben Said M, 2004. La cryptosporidiose dans la region de Sousse, Tunisie. Arch Pediatr 11 :207–211.
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8
Casemore DP, Amstrong M, Jackson B, 1984. Screening for Cryptosporidium in stools. Lancet I :734–735.
-
9
Coupe S, Sarfati C, Hamame S, Derouin F, 2005. Detection of Cryptosporidium and identification to the species level by nested PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism. J Clin Microbiol 43 :1017–1023.
-
10
Llorente MT, Clavel A, Goni MP, Varea M, Seral C, Becerril R, Suarez L, Gomez-Lus R, 2007. Genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium species from humans in Spain. Int J Parasitol 56 :201–205.
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11
Gatei W, Suputtamongkol Y, Waywa D, Ashford RW, Bailey JW, Greensill J, Beeching NJ, Hart CA, 2002. Zoonotic species of Cryptosporidium are as prevalent as the anthroponotic in HIV-infected patients in Thailand. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 96 :797–802.
-
12
Xiao L, Bern C, Limor J, Sulaiman I, Roberts J, Checkley W, Cabrera L, Gilman RH, Lal AA, 2001. Identification of 5 types of Cryptosporidium parasites in children in Lima, Peru. J Infect Dis 183 :492–497.
-
13
Caccio SM, 2005. Molecular epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis. Parasitologia 47 :185–192.
-
14
Learmonth JJ, Ionas G, Ebbett KA, Kwan ES, 2004. Genetic characterization and transmission cycles of Cryptosporidium species isolated from humans in New Zealand. Appl Environ Microbiol 70 :3973–3978.
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15
Alves M, Xiao L, Antunes F, Matos O, 2006. Distribution of Cryptosporidium subtypes in humans and domestic and wild ruminants in Portugal. Parasitol Res 99 :287–292.
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