Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia lamblia y Encephalitozoon intestinalis emergent opportunists

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Barbosa, J (Author) Other; Espinar, MJ (Author) Other; rodrigues, ag (Author) FMUP; pina-vaz, c (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Boletin de Malariologia y Salud Ambiental

Vol. 53

Pages: 117-124

ISSN: 1690-4648

Publisher: Instituto de Altos Estudios Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldon

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Authenticus ID: P-00P-8R2

Abstract (EN): Epidemiological data, regarding parasitic and fungi opportunist infections, have changed in the last years, especially due to HIV infection. Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia lamblia and Encephalitozoon intestinalis are protozoan and fungi, respectively, worldwide known as opportunistic emergent agents, being responsible by epidemic outbreaks after ingestion of contaminated water, even following a correct disinfection treatment. Its ingestion can cause different effects on individuals' health, from light or acute among the healthy population, to serious, aggressive or even deadly among the immunodepressed or immunocompromised patients. Contaminated water ingestion can result in outbreaks but protozoa laboratory diagnosis still remains very laborious, even after the development of more sensitive and specific techniques in the last years. In this paper, a revision of these emergent opportunists, their main characteristics and diagnostic tools are described, including the most recent and specific techniques.

Language: Spanish

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8