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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Cryptosporidium species causing acute diarrhoea in children in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Volume 102, No. 4, Year 2008
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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. © 2008 The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Authors & Co-Authors
Areeshi, Mohammed Yahya
United Kingdom, Liverpool
University of Liverpool
Dove, Winifred
United Kingdom, Liverpool
University of Liverpool
Papaventsis, D.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
University of Liverpool
Gatei, Wangeci
United Kingdom, Liverpool
University of Liverpool
Combe, P.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Grosjean, Pierre
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Leatherbarrow, H.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
University of Liverpool
Hart, Charles Anthony
United Kingdom, Liverpool
University of Liverpool
Statistics
Citations: 40
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1179/136485908X278793
ISSN:
00034983
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Madagascar