Relationship of cryptosporidiosis to abdominal pain and diarrhea in Mayan Indians Relação da criptosporidiose à dor abdominal e diarréia nos índios Maias

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Camille Bentley, Harold Laubach, Joel Spalter, Elisa Ginter, Lauritz Jensen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2004
• Subjects: Cryptosporidium; Abdominal pain; Diarrhea; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Alta; Mayan
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652004000400011; https://doaj.org/article/9e6719bf1cf44172ba667dd811c57cb3

Demonstration of cryptosporidiosis in Mayan Indians living around Lake Atitlan provided an opportunity to correlate infection with abdominal pain and/or diarrhea in different age groups of children. 94 subjects experiencing abdominal pain and/or diarrhea, between the ages of 2 and 13 were studied in...