Title
Differences in clinical manifestations among Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in HIV-infected persons
Date Issued
01 September 2007
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
We performed a cross-sectional study to determine the epidemiology of Cryptosporidium in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons at 3 diagnostic levels: microscopy, genotypes of Cryptosporidium, and subtype families of C. hominis and C. parvum. The study enrolled 2490 HIV-infected persons in Lima, Peru, and 230 were microscopy positive for Cryptosporidium infection. Specimens from 193 participants were available for genotyping. They had C. hominis (141 persons), C. parvum (22 persons), C. meleagridis (17 persons), C. canis (6 persons), C. felis (6 persons), and C. suis (1 person) infection. Although microscopy results showed that Cryptosporidium infections were associated with diarrhea, only infections with C. canis, C. felis, and subtype family Id of C. hominis were associated with diarrhea, and infection with C. parvum was associated with chronic diarrhea and vomiting. These results demonstrate that different Cryptosporidium genotypes and subtype families are linked to different clinical manifestations. © 2007 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Start page
684
End page
691
Volume
196
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Dermatología, Enfermedades venéreas Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-34548068303
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
00221899
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