| [cryptosporidia associated gastroenteritis: epidemiologic study of children in tyrol and vorarlberg]. | stool samples from 523 children aged between 3 months and 6 years were examined for cryptosporidium parvum by means of the direct immunofluorescence technique in march 1996. the specimens were sent to the federal public health laboratory in innsbruck from general practitioners and pediatricians and from hospitals in tyrol and vorarlberg. the study was performed during the cold season in an area that does not employ surface water for the production of drinking water. oocysts of cryptosporidia wer ... | 1996 | 9005680 |