Ooquistes de Cryptosporidium sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiiadae) y presencia del C. parvum en niños de Costa Rica
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1996
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artículo original
Autores
Achí Araya, María Rosario
Mata Jiménez, Leonardo
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Resumen
From 1982 to 1987 infant and preschool Costa Rican children with acute diarrhea were studied. Cryptospo ridium (Tyzzer 1912) and other agents of diarrhea were invetigated. Criptosporydium oocysts were diagnosed in Giemsa and acid-fast (Kinyoun) stained smears. Ten Cryptosporidium oocysts per positive smear were systemalically measured. Giemsa stained oocysts showed less variation respect to the mean. The oocysts corresponded to C. parvum with diameters of 5.0 x 4.5 µm but not to C. muris with oocysts of 7.4 10 5.6 µm.
Descripción
Artículo científico -- Universidad de Costa Rica. Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud, 1996-1997
Palabras clave
taxonomy, epidemiology, Costa Rica, Diarrhea, Epidemiología, Taxonomía