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Asymptomatic carriage of protozoan parasites in children in day care centers in the United kingdom.

Davies

Pediatr Infect Dis J 28(9):838-40 (2009) PMID 19684527

Point prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia carriage among 230 asymptomatic preschool children attending day-care facilities was 1.3% (95% CI: 0.3%-3.8%) for each parasite, with no dual infections. Cryptosporidium oocysts were detected by immunomagnetic separation and immunofluorescence microscopy and genotyped: one isolate was Cryptosporidium hominis, the other 2 being skunk and cervine genotypes, rarely found in symptomatic human infection.

DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31819d646d
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