Iqbal J, Munir M A, Khan M A
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 May;60(5):868-70. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.868.
Fecal excretion of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts was determined in 625 children less than five years old who presented at the pediatric clinic of a teaching hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Single stool specimens were collected from 475 children with acute diarrhea and from 150 children without diarrhea. The Cryptosporidium infection rate was significantly higher in children with diarrhea than in children without diarrhea (10.3% versus 3.3%). The C. parvum infection rate was highest in children 19-24 months of age (21.8%). There was no significant difference in the Cryptosporidium infection rate among male and female children of any age group studied. Sociodemographic information, drinking water supply, and contact with domestic animals had no significant role in the acquisition of C. parvum infection in our study population. The data suggest that C. parvum is relatively endemic in young children in the Rawalpindi area and that C. parvum may be an important pathogen associated with diarrhea.
对巴基斯坦拉瓦尔品第一家教学医院儿科门诊的625名5岁以下儿童进行了微小隐孢子虫卵囊粪便排泄情况的测定。从475名急性腹泻儿童和150名无腹泻儿童中采集了单次粪便标本。腹泻儿童的隐孢子虫感染率显著高于无腹泻儿童（10.3%对3.3%）。微小隐孢子虫感染率在19 - 24个月龄儿童中最高（21.8%）。在研究的任何年龄组中，男童和女童的隐孢子虫感染率均无显著差异。社会人口统计学信息、饮用水供应以及与家畜接触在我们的研究人群中对微小隐孢子虫感染的获得没有显著作用。数据表明，微小隐孢子虫在拉瓦尔品第地区的幼儿中相对流行，且微小隐孢子虫可能是与腹泻相关的重要病原体。
