| epidemiologic differences between cyclosporiasis and cryptosporidiosis in peruvian children. | we compared the epidemiologic characteristics of cyclosporiasis and cryptosporidiosis in data from a cohort study of diarrhea in a periurban community near lima, peru. children had an average of 0.20 episodes of cyclosporiasis/year and 0.22 episodes of cryptosporidiosis/year of follow-up. the incidence of cryptosporidiosis peaked at 0.42 for 1-year-old children and declined to 0.06 episodes/child-year for 5- to 9-year-old children. in contrast, the incidence of cyclosporiasis was fairly constant ... | 2002 | 12023913 |
| characterization of vibrio cgolerae non-o1 serogroups obtained from an outbreak of diarrhea in lima, peru. | in february 1994, an outbreak of diarrhea caused by non-o1 vibrio cholerae occurred among volunteers in a vaccine trial study area in lima, peru. clinically, 95% of the patients presented with liquid diarrhea with either no or mild dehydration. serogrouping of 58 isolates recovered from diarrheal patients affected in the outbreak revealed seven different serogroups, with serogroups o10 (21%) and o12 (65%) being predominant. most of these isolates were susceptible to a variety of antimicrobial ag ... | 1995 | 8567912 |
| identification of bloodmeal sources of lutzomyia spp. in peru. | bloodmeal sources of lutzomyia spp. were determined, using the bloodmeal analysis precipitin test, in chaute, lima, peru, an area endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis (uta). from april 1990 to may 1991, sandflies were sampled in and around the village houses, with cdc light traps and a shannon trap with protected human bait, respectively. overall, 1424 sandflies were collected engorged. in indoor collections, human blood (n = 275) was the most frequent bloodmeal found, followed by cow (171) and c ... | 1994 | 7944678 |