ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2000
Serological evidence of Cryptosporidium infections in southern Europe.
Article in European journal of epidemiology, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Cryptosporidiosis: environmental, therapeutic, and preventive challenges.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2010Review
- A hospital-based serological survey of cryptosporidiosis in the Republic of Korea.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2009Article
- New insights on classification, identification, and clinical relevance of Blastocystis spp.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2008Review
- Serological responses to Cryptosporidium-specific antigens in Czech populations with different water sources.Epidemiology and infection · 2008Article
- Giardia and Cryptosporidium and public health: the epidemiological scenario from the Italian perspective.Parasitology research · 2007Review
- Molecular evidence for Cryptosporidium infection in dogs in Central Italy.Parasitology research · 2006Article
- Waterborne microbial risk assessment: a population-based dose-response function for Giardia spp. (E.MI.R.A study).BMC public health · 2006Article
- An Italian study on Cryptosporidium and Giardia in wastewater, fresh water and treated water.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2005Article
- Genotyping of Cryptosporidium isolates from Chamelea gallina clams in Italy.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2004Article
- Quality assurance considerations in cryptosporidium antibody tests.Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology · 2003Article
- Occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts in sewage effluents and correlation with microbial, chemical and physical water variables.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2002Article
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Abstract
Although cryptosporidiosis outbreaks have been frequently reported in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, few outbreaks have been reported on the European continent. The reasons for this are unclear. To ascertain whether a European population has been previously exposed to Cryptosporidium, we conducted a survey of 100 resident blood donors in a northern Italian city for IgG serological response to two oocyst antigen groups. A serological response to the 15/17-kDa antigen group was detected in 83% of blood donors and response to the 27-kDa antigen group in 62%. Donors who traveled outside of Italy during the prior 12 months were less likely to have had a response to the 15/17-kDa antigen group (p < 0.04) and to have a less intense response (p < 0.05). Older age was predictive of a more intense response to each antigen group (p < 0.01). The fraction of Italian blood donors with a serological response to either antigen group was higher than in four United States blood donor populations, with differences more pronounced for response to the 15/17-kDa antigen group (p < 0.01). A lower fraction of Italian donors had a serological response to either antigen group than persons tested at the time of a cryptosporidiosis outbreak in the United States or blood donors tested six months after that outbreak (p < 0.05). Since the presence of serological responses to these antigen groups predicts a reduced risk of cryptosporidiosis, the high prevalence of serological responses in these Italian blood donors may explain the infrequent occurrences of clinically detectable cryptosporidiosis in this city.
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