Open AccessASYMPTOMATIC CARRIAGE OF PROTOZOAN PARASITES IN CHILDREN IN DAY CARE CENTERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Author(s) -
Angharad Davies,
Brian Campbell,
Meirion Rhys Evans,
Angie Bone,
A. Roche,
Rachel M. Chalmers
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e31819d646d
Subject(s) - carriage , cryptosporidium , asymptomatic , giardia , medicine , parasite hosting , virology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , veterinary medicine , feces , world wide web , computer science
Point prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia carriage among 230 asymptomatic preschool children attending day-care facilities was 1.3% (95% CI: 0.3%-3.8%) for each parasite, with no dual infections. Cryptosporidium oocysts were detected by immunomagnetic separation and immunofluorescence microscopy and genotyped: one isolate was Cryptosporidium hominis, the other 2 being skunk and cervine genotypes, rarely found in symptomatic human infection.