Cyclospora cayetanensis in Uruguay
Etiologic agent of the traveller's diarrhoea acquired abroad
Keywords:
CYCLOSPORA, PARASITIC DISEASES, DIARRHEA, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Abstract
Cyclospora cayetanensis (Ortega, Gilman, and Sterling, 1994) is the emergent agent of cyclosporiasis, a new acute and self-limited diarrhoeal disease. It lasts from two to six weeks when affects immunocompetent individuals and it causes chronic intermittent diarrhea in AIDS patients. This disease and its etiologic agent have been recently reported in Uruguay, affecting travellers coming from previously known endemic areas. In the present work, the whole number of cases in the country is reported. We conclude that C. cayetanensis is an agent of the traveller's diarrhoea in Uruguay, without occurrence of native cases so far.
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14) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Update. Outbreaks of Cyclospora cayetanensis infections. United States and Canada, 1996. MMWR 1996; 45(28): 611.
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19) Ritchie LS. An Ether Sedimentation Technique for rutine Stool Examination. Bull US Army Med Dept 1948; 8: 326.
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Published
2002-09-30
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Salvatella R, Ballesté R, Puime A, Rodríguez G, Eirale C, Calegari L. Cyclospora cayetanensis in Uruguay. Rev. Méd. Urug. [Internet]. 2002Sep.30 [cited 2024Nov.17];18(2):175-9. Available from: http://www2.rmu.org.uy/ojsrmu311/index.php/rmu/article/view/993
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