title: Cryptosporidium infections in humans with gastroenteritis in Zaria, Nigeria.
abstract: The stool samples of 75 patients with gastroenteritis and/or loose and watery faeces at three hospitals and one clinic in Zaria were examined for Cryptosporidium. The stool samples were concentrated by the formol-ether method and stained with safranin-methylene blue. Sixteen (21%) samples were positive. The rate of detection was higher among females (27%) than males (17%) and among adults (29%) than children (8%). The study confirmed the presence and possible significance of Cryptosporidium, which is a known zoonotic protozoan, in the aetiology of human gastroenteritis in Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Agmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kwaga
authors.forename: J U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Umoh
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Odoba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria