| intestinal infections in humans in the rocky mountain region, united states. | to evaluate the seasonal prevalence of human intestinal parasites in the western states of colorado, utah, new mexico, and montana, fecal samples were examined as part of routine diagnostic testing from patients experiencing gastrointestinal discomfort in august (summer) 2006, january (winter), and april (spring) 2007. parasite identification in positive samples was confirmed using light microscopy after wet mount and trichrome staining techniques. seventy-eight of the 1,083 patients surveyed (7 ... | 2010 | 19807196 |
| occurrence of cryptosporidium and giardia in wild ducks along the rio grande river valley in southern new mexico. | fecal samples were taken from wild ducks on the lower rio grande river around las cruces, n. mex., from september 2000 to january 2001. giardia cysts and cryptosporidium oocysts were purified from 69 samples by sucrose enrichment followed by cesium chloride (cscl) gradient centrifugation and were viewed via fluorescent-antibody (fa) staining. for some samples, recovered cysts and oocysts were further screened via pcr to determine the presence of giardia lamblia and crytosporidium parvum. the res ... | 2002 | 11772622 |