| seasonal prevalences of cryptosporidium and giardia infections in children attending day care centres in salamanca (spain) studied for a period of 15 months. | five studies were carried out in children younger than 4 years old attending regularly day care centres in order to determine the intestinal parasitization by cryptosporidium and giardia. the percent of children parasitized by cryptosporidium was 10% (17 children out of 170 studied). cryptosporidiosis was more frequent in winter than in other seasons (difference statistically significant). giardia intestinalis, which was the most frequent parasite, was identified in 25.3% (43 children out of 170 ... | 1996 | 8884197 |