Changes in serum immunoglobulin G levels as a marker for Cryptosporidium sp. infection in Peruvian children

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Oct;43(10):5298-300. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5298-5300.2005.

Abstract

In a retrospective analysis, we assessed the usefulness of two serologic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays as epidemiologic tools for the detection of cryptosporidiosis episodes in children from a Peruvian community. The incidence rate determined by the serologic assay was higher than the rate determined by stool microscopy (0.77 versus 0.41 infection/child-year of surveillance).

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood
  • Biomarkers / blood*
  • Child
  • Cryptosporidiosis / diagnosis*
  • Cryptosporidiosis / epidemiology
  • Cryptosporidiosis / immunology
  • Cryptosporidium / immunology*
  • Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Incidence
  • Peru
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Biomarkers
  • Immunoglobulin G