title: [Importance of contact with soil in the transmission of cyclosporosis].
abstract: Cyclospora cayetanensis is an emergent pathogen that causes endemic and epidemic diarrhea worldwide. The epidemiology of the infection is not well known. Transmission of the parasite occurs through an environmental vehicle. In industrialized countries, cyclosporosis has been most often associated with either food-borne outbreaks or traveller's diarrhea. In developing countries, infection has been linked with contaminated water or food, contact with animals or soils, and variables related with socioeconomic status. In a Venezuelan community, a strong correlation between environments conducive to fecal contamination and infection was observed, suggesting that direct contact with contaminated soil may be an important route of transmission in areas with substandard housing developments, and poverty a predisposing factor for cyclosporosis.
authors.forename: Leonor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chacín-Bonilla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D021744:Cyclospora / Q000502:physiology*; D021866:Cyclosporiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005506:Food Contamination; D016266:Food Parasitology; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D012987:Soil / Q000469:parasitology*; D014195:Travel; D014675:Vegetables / Q000469:parasitology*; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology; D014867:Water / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D014867:Water