1. Common occurrence of Cryptosporidium hominis in children attending day-care centers in Medellin, Colombia
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Johanna Uran-Velasquez, Gisela María García-Montoya, Ana Luz Galván-Díaz, Angelica Medina-Lozano, Katherine Bedoya-Urrego, and Juan F. Alzate
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Diarrhea ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Genotype ,030231 tropical medicine ,Cryptosporidiosis ,Cryptosporidium ,Colombia ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,Feces ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medical microbiology ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,parasitic diseases ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Child Care ,Child ,Poverty ,0303 health sciences ,General Veterinary ,biology ,Transmission (medicine) ,Hygiene ,General Medicine ,DNA, Protozoan ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,Malnutrition ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,Insect Science ,Protozoa ,Female ,Parasitology ,Sulfotransferases ,Cryptosporidium hominis - Abstract
Cryptosporidium spp. are apicomplexan protozoa associated with chronic diarrhea in AIDS and other immunocompromised patients, and one of the commonest causes of childhood diarrhea and malnutrition, particularly in low-income settings. In Colombia, there are few molecular epidemiological studies on Cryptosporidium spp.; thereby, the transmission dynamics of this parasite in the country is poorly known. This study evaluated the diversity of Cryptosporidium at species, subtype family, and subtype level in children attending various day-care centers in Medellin, Colombia. Two hundred and ninety stool samples from children
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- 2020
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