OOCYST SIZE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP (APICOM PLEXA, CRYPTOSPORIDILDAE) SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-PARVUM IN COSTA-RICAN CHILDREN

Authors
ACHI R MATA L
Citation
R. Achi et L. Mata, OOCYST SIZE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP (APICOM PLEXA, CRYPTOSPORIDILDAE) SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-PARVUM IN COSTA-RICAN CHILDREN, Revista de biologia tropical, 45(1B), 1997, pp. 615-618
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Revista de biologia tropical → ACNP
ISSN journal
00347744
Volume
45
Issue
1B
Year of publication
1997
Pages
615 - 618
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-7744(1997)45:1B<615:OSOCS(>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
From 1982 to 1987 infant and preschool Costa Rican children with acute diarrhea were studied. Cryptosporidium (Tyzzer 1912) and other agents of diarrhea were investigated. Cryptosporidium oocysts were diagnosed in Giemsa and acid-fast (Kinyoun) stained smears. Ten Cryptosporidium oocysts per positive smear were systematically measured. Giemsa stain ed oocysts showed less variation respect to the mean. The oocysts corr esponded to C. parvum with diameters of 5.0 x 4.5 mu m but not to C. m uris with oocysts of 7.4 to 5.6 mu m.