| cryptosporidium parvum in children with diarrhea in zulia state, venezuela. | the prevalence and importance of cryptosporidium parvum as a causal agent of acute diarrhea among pediatric patients from zulia state, venezuela was assessed. single stool specimens were collected from 310 children 0-60 months of age with acute diarrheal disease who were admitted to three public hospitals and from 150 comparable control children without gastrointestinal symptoms who were seen as outpatients. cryptosporidium parvum oocysts were identified in 35 (11.2%) of 310 children with diarrh ... | 1997 | 9158041 |