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Significantly higher occurrence of Cryptosporidium infection in Roma children compared with non-Roma children in Slovakia

SYSNO ASEP	0430920
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Significantly higher occurrence of Cryptosporidium infection in Roma children compared with non-Roma children in Slovakia
Author(s)	Hasajová, A. (SK) Valenčáková, A. (SK) Malečková, B. (SK) Danišová, D. (SK) Halán, M. (SK) Goldová, M. (SK) Sak, Bohumil (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Květoňová, Dana (BC-A)_SAI Kváč, Martin (BC-A)_{RID, RID, ORCID} Halanová, M. (SK)
Source Title	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. - : Springer - ISSN 0934-9723 Roč. 33, č. 8 (2014), s. 1401-1406
Number of pages	15 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	molecular characterization ; immunocompetent man ; transmission ; Murisinfection
Subject RIV	EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
Institutional support	BC-A - RVO:60077344
UT WOS	000338723600015
DOI	10.1007/s10096-014-2082-2
Annotation	Cryptosporidiosis is considered to be a widespread world zoonosis. The occurrence of Cryptosporidium species was investigated in Roma children in a district of Eastern Slovakia and, at the same time, also in children of non-Roma parents. In total, 103 children (54 boys and 49 girls) between 0 and 14 years of age were involved in this study. Fifty-three were Roma children and 50 children represented a non-Roma control group. Fecal samples were examined: immunologically [enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test to prove antigen in the feces] and by molecular analysis [nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR)]. After the sequencing of the PCR, the products were identified as species of Cryptosporidium muris. Based on the results, the relative risk (RR) of the Cryptosporidium infection occurrence was calculated and we came to the conclusion that the risk of Cryptosporidium infection was almost 12 times higher in the Roma children compared to the non-Roma children.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2015

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