TY - JOUR
T1 - Frequencies and spatial distributions of Cryptosporidium in livestock animals and children in the Ismailia province of Egypt
AU - Helmy, Y. A.
AU - Von Samson-Himmelstjerna, G.
AU - Nöckler, K.
AU - Zessin, K. H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2014.
PY - 2015/4/15
Y1 - 2015/4/15
N2 - Faecal samples from 804 cattle and buffaloes and 165 diarrhoeal children of Ismailia province were investigated by an immunochromatographic screening test and PCR to determine prevalences and distributions of Cryptosporidium spp. Results were analysed statistically for clustering of animal and human cases. Cryptosporidium herd prevalence was 73.3% and individual animal prevalence 32.3%. C. parvum was the dominant species in animals (65.7%). Young calves watered with canal or underground water were at particular risk of infection. Detection rates were higher when calves showed diarrhoea, fever and dehydration. Human Cryptosporidium prevalence was 49.1%. C. hominis dominated in humans (60.5%), followed by C. parvum (38.3%). Living in villages, drinking underground water and having contact with animals were risk factors. Cluster analysis revealed differences in the distribution of infections between animals and humans and suggests different transmission dynamics.
AB - Faecal samples from 804 cattle and buffaloes and 165 diarrhoeal children of Ismailia province were investigated by an immunochromatographic screening test and PCR to determine prevalences and distributions of Cryptosporidium spp. Results were analysed statistically for clustering of animal and human cases. Cryptosporidium herd prevalence was 73.3% and individual animal prevalence 32.3%. C. parvum was the dominant species in animals (65.7%). Young calves watered with canal or underground water were at particular risk of infection. Detection rates were higher when calves showed diarrhoea, fever and dehydration. Human Cryptosporidium prevalence was 49.1%. C. hominis dominated in humans (60.5%), followed by C. parvum (38.3%). Living in villages, drinking underground water and having contact with animals were risk factors. Cluster analysis revealed differences in the distribution of infections between animals and humans and suggests different transmission dynamics.
KW - Anthroponotic
KW - Cryptosporidium
KW - Egypt
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Zoonotic
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U2 - 10.1017/S0950268814001824
DO - 10.1017/S0950268814001824
M3 - Article
C2 - 25084317
AN - SCOPUS:84925053177
SN - 0950-2688
VL - 143
SP - 1208
EP - 1218
JO - Epidemiology and Infection
JF - Epidemiology and Infection
IS - 6
ER -