Epidemiological and clinical features of travel-associated cryptosporidiosis

Weitzel, T.; Wichmann, O.; Muehlberger, N.; Reuter, B.; Hoof, H-D.; Jelinek, T.

Abstract

Data concerning the clinical and epidemiological features of travel-associated cryptosporidiosis are lacking. In order to investigate the impact of this disease on travellers' health, a retrospective study was conducted at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Berlin. In total, 57 cryptosporidial infections were identified between 2000 and 2004, resulting in a prevalence of 2.9% in patients with travel-associated diarrhoea. Travel to south-central Asia, especially India, was associated with a higher prevalence of infection than was travel to other destinations. Clinically, the disease resembled giardiasis, but fever and arthralgias seemed to occur more frequently.

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Título según WOS: ID WOS:000239453900015 Not found in local WOS DB
Título de la Revista: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volumen: 12
Número: 9
Editorial: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2006
Página de inicio: 921
Página final: 924
DOI:

10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01487.x

Notas: ISI