Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3398833 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
ABSTRACTData 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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Authors
T. Weitzel, O. Wichmann, N. Mïhlberger, B. Reuter, H-D. Hoof, T. Jelinek,