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Titel: Prevalence of Giardia intestinalis Infection in Schistosomiasis-Endemic Areas in South-Central Mali
VerfasserIn: Fofana, Hassan K.M.
Schwarzkopf, Maren
Doumbia, Mama N.
Saye, Rénion
Nimmesgern, Anna
Landouré, Aly
Traoré, Mamadou S.
Mertens, Pascal
Utzinger, Jürg
Sacko, Moussa
Becker, Sören L.
Sprache: Englisch
Titel: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Bandnummer: 4
Heft: 2
Verlag/Plattform: MDPI
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Freie Schlagwörter: BD Max Enteric Parasite Panel
diarrhea
Giardia intestinalis
Mali
polymerase chain reaction
rapid diagnostic test
Schistosoma mansoni
stool microscopy
DDC-Sachgruppe: 610 Medizin, Gesundheit
Dokumenttyp: Journalartikel / Zeitschriftenartikel
Abstract: Intestinal parasite infections are frequent causes of diarrhea and malnutrition among children in the tropics. Transmission of helminths and intestinal protozoa is intimately connected with conditions of poverty, including inadequate sanitation and hygiene. Concurrent infections with several intestinal pathogens may lead to excess morbidity. Yet, there is a paucity of epidemiological data from Mali. In this study, stool samples from 56 individuals, aged 2–63 years, from Bamako and Niono, south-central Mali were examined for intestinal parasites using stool microscopy. Additionally, stool samples were subjected to a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia intestinalis. The predominant pathogens were Schistosoma mansoni and G. intestinalis with prevalences of 41% and 38%, respectively. Hymenolepis nana was detected in 4% of the participants, while no eggs of soil-transmitted helminths were found. Concurrent infections with G. intestinalis and S. mansoni were diagnosed in 16% of the participants. For the detection of G. intestinalis, PCR was more sensitive (100%) than RDT (62%) and microscopy (48%). As helminth-protozoa coinfections might have important implications for morbidity control programs, future studies should employ diagnostic tools beyond stool microscopy to accurately assess the co-endemicity of giardiasis and schistosomiasis.
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: 10.3390/tropicalmed4020086
Link zu diesem Datensatz: urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-280029
hdl:20.500.11880/28947
http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-28002
ISSN: 2414-6366
Datum des Eintrags: 5-Apr-2020
Fakultät: M - Medizinische Fakultät
Fachrichtung: M - Infektionsmedizin
Professur: M - Prof. Dr. Dr. Sören Becker
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