Zoonotic cryptosporidiosis in man and animal in farms, Giza Governorate, Egypt.
To demonstrated the zoonotic cryptosporidiosis. A total of 189 farmers and their farm animals (200= 71 buffaloes, 59 cows, 43 sheep and 27 goats were examined. Stool samples Each stool sample was subjected to the direct wet smear method and Sheather's sugar flotation and acid-ether sedimentation techniques and stained with four stains (Modified Ziehl Neelsen, Safranin, methylene blue, Aniline carbol methyl violet and Giemsa). A positive statistically significant correlation was observed between farmers and their farm animals infected with cryptosporidium parvum proving a zoonotic potential for infection (r = 0.819 P <0.01 for cryptosporidiosis. For detection of Cryptosporidium, 100 % sensitivity was obtained when acid ether concentration technique was used and modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain revealed highest sensitivity of 92.1 %.
El-Sherbini
Gehad T
GT
Cairo Curative Organization, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohammad
Khairy A
KA
D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000469:parasitology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary*; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004534:Egypt; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D015047:Zoonoses