Asymptomatic Cryptosporidium parvum infection was found at Me Tri

ABSTRACT

Cryptosporidium causes diarrhea, commonly occurs in children under 5 years old. The disease condition ranges from severe to asymptomatic infection. This study involved 1,287 children under 5 years old without diarrhea and did not use antibiotics within 2 weeks previous. 412 stool samples were microscopied directly and enriched. No sample was found that containing Cryptosporidium parvum under directive microscopy. The enriched method found 3 samples containing Cryptosporidium parvum. Asymptomatic infection rate is 0.7%. This rate was compared with the incidence of Cryptosporidium parvum in other countries.