title: Prevalence of Cyclospora species and other enteric pathogens among children less than 5 years of age in Nepal.
abstract: Stools from 124 Nepalese children aged 6 to 60 months with diarrhea were examined for organisms of the coccidian genus Cyclospora and for other enteric pathogens. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Giardia Lamblia, Campylobacter species, Cyclospora species, and Cryptosporidium species were the most common pathogens identified. Cyclospora species were detected in none of 74 children < 18 months of age compared with 6 (12%) of 50 children > or = 18 months of age (P = 0.004).
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, USA.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hoge
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Echeverria
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajah
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malthouse
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Shlim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016783:Eucoccidiida; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology