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Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
; 28(2): 138-40, 1986.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3797951
2.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
; 30(2): 101-6, 1988.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2849197
3.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
; 26(5): 280-4, 1984.
Artigo
em Português
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6099909
4.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 84(1): 117-22, 1989.
Artigo
em Português
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2319945
RESUMO
Two hundred and one samples obtained from 61 children were examined for Cryptosporidium infection during a period of 12 months. One hundred fifteen specimens were collected during diarrhoea episodes and the remaining 86 obtained out of diarrhoea period, as controls. All samples were examined by a modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining method. Cryptosporidium was detected in 6 (5.2%) of 115 samples from diarrhoeic children. All non-diarrhoeic control patients were negative for Cryptosporidium. The present study suggests that Cryptosporidium is an agent of self-limited diarrhoea among immunocompetent children from Belém, Pará.