title: Changes in serum immunoglobulin G levels as a marker for Cryptosporidium sp. infection in Peruvian children.
abstract: In a retrospective analysis, we assessed the usefulness of two serologic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays as epidemiologic tools for the detection of cryptosporidiosis episodes in children from a Peruvian community. The incidence rate determined by the serologic assay was higher than the rate determined by stool microscopy (0.77 versus 0.41 infection/child-year of surveillance).
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. jpriest@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Jeffrey W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Priest
authors.forename: Caryn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bern
authors.forename: Jacquelin M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Andres G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lescano
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Checkley
authors.forename: Lilia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: Delynn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Arrowood
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Sterling
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lammie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D015994:Incidence; D010568:Peru; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D015415:Biomarkers; D007074:Immunoglobulin G