title: Detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum by direct immunofluorescence assay in stool specimen.
abstract: Giardia and Cryptosporidium are the pathogens which transmitted through contaminated soil and contaminated water are significant causes of diarrhea and nutritional disorders in institutional and community peoples. Children and immune compromise persons are more vulnerable for these infections. Both Giardiasis and Cryptosporidiosis were included in 2004 as WHO Neglected Disease. So this is a major public health problem in developing countries. The present study was carried out to detect the Giardia and Cryptosporidium from diarrheic or patient having loose stool by Direct Immunofluorescence assay. The study was conducted during July 20012 to February 2013 and the work was done in Mymensingh Medical College in the department of Microbiology and in Bangladesh Agricultural University in the department of Veterinary Medicine. A total of 100 loose stools were collected from school children of different area and hospital under sadar upazilla, Mymensingh. The detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum showed the individual prevalence 8% and 4% respectively. The highest cyst/oocyst count was 85,000 and 1,000/gm of stool and the lowest being 100 and 50/gm of stool for Giardiasis and Cryptosporidiosis respectively. The detection rate of Giardia and Cryptosporidium by Immunofluorescence assay was relatively higher than the previous study done in Bangladesh and this was the first report from Bangladesh over human stool specimen using Immunofluorescence assay. So, Immunofluorescence assay could be adapted for rapid and accurate detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium.
authors.affiliation: Dr Md Mahamudur Rahman, Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Community Based Medical College, Bangladesh, Mymensingh.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ehsan
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kabir
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Sarkar
mesh_terms: D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct / Q000379:methods*; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans