Microsporidiosis and Cryptosporidiosis in HIV/AIDS Patients in St. Petersburg, Russia: Serological Identification of Microsporidia and Cryptosporidium parvum in Sera Samples from HIV/AIDS Patients

0351065 - BC 2012 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Kučerová, Z. - Sokolova, O.I. - Demyanov, A. - Kváč, Martin - Sak, Bohumil - Květoňová, Dana - Secor, W. E.
Microsporidiosis and Cryptosporidiosis in HIV/AIDS Patients in St. Petersburg, Russia: Serological Identification of Microsporidia and Cryptosporidium parvum in Sera Samples from HIV/AIDS Patients.
Aids Research and Human Retroviruses. Roč. 27, č. 1 (2011), s. 13-15. ISSN 0889-2229. E-ISSN 1931-8405
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Keywords : Cryptosporidium * HIV * AIDS
Subject RIV: EC - Immunology
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To determine seroprevalence of the opportunistic organisms Cryptosporidium parvum and microsporidia (Encephalitozoon cuniculi, E. intestinalis, E. hellem, and Enterocytozoon bieneusi) in Russian HIV/AIDS patients, we evaluated 46 sera from HIV/AIDS patients from the S.P. Botkin Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, St. Petersburg, Russia. Five (10.9%) sera were seropositive for E. cuniculi and 19 (41.3%) were positive for C. parvum by ELISA. By IFAT, 6 (13.0%) sera were seropositive for E. bieneusi, 4 (8.7%) for E. intestinalis, and 9 (19.6%) for E. hellem. This study is the first report to estimate the prevalence of infection with Cryptosporidium and microsporidia among Russian HIV/AIDS patients.
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