Unique endemicity of cryptosporidiosis in children in Kuwait.

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Author	Sulaiman, Irshad M. Hira, Parsotam Ravjee Zhou, L. Al-Ali, Faiza Mohamed Saleh Al-Shelahi, Fatima A. Shweiki, Hussein M. Iqbal, Jamshaid Khalid, Nabila Xiao, Lihua
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	To understand the transmission of Cryptosporidium infection in children, fecal specimens from 62 Kuwaiti children with gastrointestinal symptoms found to be positive by microscopy were genotyped and subtyped with a small subunit rRNA-based PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and a 60-kDa glycoprotein-based DNA sequencing tool. The median age of infected children was 4.5 years, and 77% of infections occurred during the cool season of November to April. Fifty-eight of the children (94%) had Cryptosporidium parvum, three (5%) had Cryptosporidium hominis, and one (1%) had both C. parvum and C. hominis. Altogether, 13 subtypes of C. parvum (belonging to four subtype allele families) and C. hominis (belonging to three subtype allele families) were observed, with 92% of specimens belonging to the common allele family IIa and the unusual allele family IId. Thus, the transmission of cryptosporidiosis in Kuwaiti children differed significantly from other tropical countries.
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PubMed reference number	15956401v1
Volume Number	43
Issue Number	6
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Language	English
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Subject Keyword	Cryptosporidiosis Cryptosporidium parvum identified:Prid:Pt:Stool:Nom Infection Mycoplasma hominis Ab:ACnc:Pt:Ser:Qn Signs and Symptoms, Digestive Specimen Subtype (attribute) hominy
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