Cryptosporidiosis among animal handlers and their Livestock in Basrah, Iraq

Mahdi, Nadham K.; Ali, N. H.

doi:10.4314/eamj.v79i10.8820

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“…was 20% and 16%, respectively. These percentages were higher than percentage 6.6% and 1.7% reported by Mahdi and Ali (2002) for animals handlers and non-animal handlers respectively. On the other hand, Entamoeba in the animals handlers was 7 out of 60 (11.6%) while in non-animal handlers was 8 out of 175 (4.5%).…”

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Detection of Intestinal Protozoa in Camels and their Breeders in Najef, Iraq

Hussin¹

2015

Res. j. vet. pract.

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| The study aimed to investigate the existence of intestinal protozoa in feces of the camels and their breeders in Najef province, Iraq because this province is having a large number of camels. One hundred fecal samples were collected from camels (33 males and 67 females) aged between >3 to 6≤ year and 25 fecal samples were collected from camels breeders (14 males and 11 females) aged between >30 to 60 years during November 2014 to May 2015. Samples were examined through direct wet smear and Lugal's iodine for cycts or trophzoite of Giardia spp. and Entameba spp. while modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining technique for oocycts of Cryptosporidium spp. The results showed that the infection rates of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia spp. and Entameba spp. in camels were 61%, 24%, and 20%, respectively. The corresponding infection rates in camel-breeders were 56%, 20%, and (16%), respectively. It can be concluded that the high prevalence values of the intestinal protozoa were detected in camels and camel-breeders. The prevalence values seems to be parallel between camels and camel-breeders who are mainly in touch with camels. This could be an evidence of the association of infection between camels and camel-breeders.

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Detection of Intestinal Protozoa in Camels and their Breeders in Najef, Iraq

Hussin¹

2015

Res. j. vet. pract.

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“…The prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in animalhandlers, e.g., horse-handlers, was almost five times higher than in non-animal-handlers; and the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in horses in that study was 12% (Mahdi and Ali 2002). An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis among veterinary hospital personnel that cared for a Cryptosporidium-infected pony demonstrated that zoonotic transmission can occur, even in an environment with obligatory high hygiene standards (Konkle et al 1997).…”

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Equine Cryptosporidium parvum infections in western Poland

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A total of 564 fecal specimens from 318 horses used for recreational riding, child hippotherapy, and racing at ten commercial and government-run stables in western Poland were tested for Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts by microscopic examination of Ziehl-Neelsen stained smears, enzyme immunoassay, and combined direct immunofluorescent antibody and fluorescent in situ hybridization. Also, seven stool specimens from five personnel who had repeated contact with these horses were tested for C. parvum oocysts. Eleven horses that shed C. parvum oocysts were found in five of ten stables (50%). The prevalence of infection varied from 0% to 11.5%. The overall prevalence of equine C. parvum-associated cryptosporidiosis in the Wielkopolska region of western Poland was 3.5%. C. parvum oocysts were found only in fecal samples from mature horses, the number of oocysts was low, and infections were not associated with clinical signs. Oocysts were not found in human fecal specimens.

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“…There is limited information on the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis among farm animals. In one study conducted in Basra, Iraq, cryptosporidiosis was diagnosed in 20 % of cattle; however, no single positive case was detected among camels (Mahdi & Ali, 2002). Furthermore, recent subtyping studies have shown that not all C. parvum infections in humans are due to zoonotic transmission (Alves et al, 2003;Mallon et al, 2003).…”

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Cryptosporidiosis in Kuwaiti children: association of clinical characteristics with Cryptosporidium species and subtypes

Iqbal

Khalid

Hira

2011

Journal of Medical Microbiology

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To determine the association of clinical characteristics with Cryptosporidium types and subtypes, faecal specimens from 2548 children with diarrhoea were screened by microscopy for Cryptosporidium spp., and positive specimens were genotyped and subtyped by PCR-RFLP. A total of 87 of the 2548 children (3.4 %) had cryptosporidial diarrhoea by microscopy and the majority (41.4 %) of the infected children were in the 4-8-year-old age group. Molecular characterization of the 83 children studied further (4 had mixed infections and were not subtyped) showed that Cryptosporidium parvum was the most commonly identified species (73.5 %) and consisted of three subtypes: IIa and IId were the most common (80.3 %), followed by IIc. Twentytwo (26.5 %) of the children had Cryptosporidium hominis and showed three subtypes: Id was the most common (54.5 %), followed by Ia (36.4 %) and Ie. Associated clinical manifestations varied between C. parvum and C. hominis. Diarrhoea associated with subtype Id, the most commonly identified C. hominis subtype, was more severe than that associated with other subtypes. In conclusion, this study confirmed a very different Cryptosporidium genotype and subtype distribution compared with other tropical countries among Kuwaiti children with diarrhoea, with a predominance of C. parvum IIa and IId. In addition, subtype Id of C. hominis was associated with more diverse and severe clinical manifestations in infected children, suggesting that parasite genetics may play an important role in the clinical manifestations of human cryptosporidiosis.

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Cryptosporidiosis among animal handlers and their Livestock in Basrah, Iraq

Cited by 37 publications

References 14 publications

Detection of Intestinal Protozoa in Camels and their Breeders in Najef, Iraq

Detection of Intestinal Protozoa in Camels and their Breeders in Najef, Iraq

Equine Cryptosporidium parvum infections in western Poland

Cryptosporidiosis in Kuwaiti children: association of clinical characteristics with Cryptosporidium species and subtypes

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