title: Investigation of human stool samples from the Cape Verde Islands (district Santa Cruz/Santiago).
abstract: Based on the rate of occurrence of diseases associated with diarrhoea, stool samples were also investigated; parasitologically, using the MiFC-enrichment method for intestinal parasites; serologically, using ELISA for rotavirus and bacteriologically for Shigella and Salmonella on the Cape Verde Islands. 90% of the samples came from children aged between 6 and 14 years. Entamoeba histolytica, the causal agent of amoebic dysentery was demonstrated in 17.4%, Lamblia intestinalis in 28.7% and rotavirus in 14.5%.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buchrieser
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sixl
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Buchrieser
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miorini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stünzner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brosch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001266:Atlantic Islands; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005872:Giardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012760:Shigella / Q000302:isolation & purification