Role of cryptosporidiosis in infants in Gabon. Results of two prospective studies
Duong, T.H.; Kombila, M.; Dufillot, D.; Richard-Lenoble, D.; Owono Medang, M.; Martz, M.; Gendrel, D.; Engohan, E.; Moreno, J.L.
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 84(5 Part 5): 635-644
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085 PMID: 1819415 Document Number: 367683
Two epidemiological surveys of cryptosporidiosis in urban and suburban areas of Libreville, Gabon, Equatorial Africa, were conducted in children. On 450 fecal samples on the first study, Cryptosporidium sp. has been seen about 3.11%. For the second survey, on 296 children, aged between 0 and 2 years, with acute diarrhoea, the rate of infestation was 24%. The maxima was observed for infants aged between 6-18 months, in case of malnutrition and during wet seasons.