| symptomatic and asymptomatic cryptosporidiosis in young children in iran. | the present study was conducted during the period may 2003 to october 2003 in 616 children less than three years of age with and without diarrheal disease presenting at the pediatric clinic of teaching hospitals in kermanshah, iran. single stool specimens were collected from 515 diarrheic and 99 non-diarrheic children. two smears were made from each stool samples and were stained by a modified ziehl neelsen technique. cryptosporidium parvum (c. parvum) were detected in 10.4% of children. the c. ... | 2007 | 19070060 |