title: High seroprevalence of Pneumocystis infection in Spanish children.
abstract: Pneumocystis infection occurs worldwide, and most individuals test seropositive for Pneumocystis early in childhood. Little is known about the epidemiology of this infection in western Europe. The seroprevalence of Pneumocystis infection in 233 Spanish children was determined in a community study by immunoblot analysis of sera. The overall seroprevalence was 73%, with an age-related increase from 52% at 6 years to 66% at 10 years and 80% at 13 years. The data indicated a high seroprevalence of Pneumocystis infection in healthy Spanish children, thereby demonstrating that this pathogen is widespread in southern Spain.
authors.affiliation: Research Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Respaldiza
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Medrano
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Medrano
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de la Horra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montes-Cano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wichmann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gargallo-Viola
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Calderon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000276:immunology*; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000908:Antibodies, Fungal