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Cryptosporidium species causing acute diarrhoea in children in Antananarivo, Madagascar

Authors: Areeshi, M.1; Dove, W.1; Papaventsis, D.1; Gatei, W.1; Combe, P.2; Grosjean, P.2; Leatherbarrow, H.1; Hart, C. A.1

Source: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Volume 102, Number 4, June 2008 , pp. 309-315(7)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

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Abstract:

A 13-month study of children presenting with acute diarrhoeal disease at hospitals and rehydration clinics in Antananarivo, Madagascar, was undertaken between May 2004 and May 2005. Cryptosporidiosis accounted for diarrhoea in 12 (5.6%) of the 215 children investigated. Cases of cryptosporidiosis were detected only in the rainy season, and the median age of cases was 13.5 months (range=1 day–27 months). As 11 of the cases of cryptosporidiosis were caused by Cryptosporidium hominis and only one by C. parvum, most of the cases were probably the result of anthroponotic transmission. GP60/45/15 gene polymorphisms indicated that the causative pathogens were of subtypes Ia, Id, Ie and IIc.

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/136485908X278793

Affiliations: 1: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK 2: Institut Pasteur, B.P. 1274, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar

Publication date: 2008-06-01

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