Epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in North American travelers to Mexico
Epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in North American travelers to Mexico
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.210
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发表时间：
2008-08-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Okhuysen, Pablo C.
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作者：
Nair, Parvathy;Mohamed, Jarnal A.;Okhuysen, Pablo C.
We studied 1.179 North American travelers who visited Mexico from 2005 to 2007. Travelers' diarrhea (TD) was reported by 521 (44%) participants. Among subjects with TD, 218 cases were examined for cryptosporidiosis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunoassays (ELISA). There were 14 (6%) cases of cryptosporidiosis and 141 cases (64%) of bacterial diarrhea. Compared with bacterial diarrhea, a longer stay in Mexico was a risk factor for cryptosporidiosis. Additionally. Cryptosporidium cases passed greater number of watery stools (P < 0.05), suffered more episodes of diarrhea (P
