title: Cryptosporidiosis in children in Idukki District in southern India.
abstract: Concentrated stool samples from 560 children, aged from two weeks to 10 years, from Idukki District, southern India, were examined to detect Cryptosporidium oocysts, using a phenol-auramin stain and fluorescent microscopy. Smears of stool samples were also stained by a modified Ziehl-Neelsen method and were examined by light-microscopy. One sample was collected from each of 266 children with diarrhoea and 294 age-matched children without diarrhoea. Cryptosporidium oocysts were detected in 4.5% of all stools, in 6% of diarrhoeal stools and in 3% of stools from healthy controls. Results of the study show that Cryptosporidium infection is common in children with diarrhoea in southern India, and there is also a high frequency of asymptomatic cyst-passers in this area.
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Reinthaler
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mascher
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sixl
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Enayat
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003458:Cryptosporidium; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn