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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013

High anti-Cryptosporidium parvum IgG seroprevalence in HIV-infected adults in Limpopo, South Africa.

Luther A Bartelt, Jesus Emmanuel Sevilleja, Leah J Barrett, Cirle A Warren, Richard L Guerrant, Pascal O Bessong, Rebecca Dillingham, Amidou Samie

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Therapeutic effects of acetylspiramycin and garlicin on cryptosporidiosis among drug users.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2015
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8 authors.

Luther A BarteltCenter for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. lab2za@virginia.edu
Jesus Emmanuel Sevilleja
Leah J Barrett
Cirle A Warren
Richard L Guerrant
Pascal O Bessong
Rebecca Dillingham
Amidou Samie

Funding

RESEARCH TRAINING IN DIGESTIVE DISEASEST32DK007769 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI COHN, STEVEN M · 1999 to 2014
$2.1M
EAEC Infection in HIV-infected Patients in HaitiK23AI077339 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI DILLINGHAM, REBECCA A. · 2008 to 2012
$644k
NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI077339NIAID NIH HHS K23AI077339NIDDK NIH HHS 2T32DK007769-11NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007769
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A seroepidemiological study was performed to determine the seroprevalence of Cryptosporidium in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults and local university students in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Using a custom anti-C. parvum immunoglobulin G (IgG) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the seroprevalence of Cryptosporidium was found to be significantly higher (75.3%; 146 of 193) in HIV-infected individuals compared with student volunteers (32.8%; 19 of 58) (P < 0.001). A more recent diagnosis of HIV was associated with anti-C. parvum IgG seropositivity, as was lower weight among HIV-infected women. This is the first seroepidemiologic study of Cryptosporidium in rural South Africa, and it shows high endemicity among the HIV-infected population. In addition to raising the possibility of significant Cryptosporidium-related morbidities, this finding reveals that in Limpopo and perhaps in other low-income, rural populations, interrupting waterborne pathogen transmission will require strategies effective against environmentally hardy parasites such as Cryptosporidium.

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AdultAntibodies, ProtozoanCryptosporidiosisCryptosporidium parvumEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedRural PopulationSeroepidemiologic StudiesSouth AfricaAntibodies, ProtozoanImmunoglobulin G

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PMID23836569
PMCPMC3771295

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