Carriage rate of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an orphanage in Bangkok, Thailand.

ABSTRACT: This study was performed to evaluate the incidence of and risk factors for Enterocytozoon bieneusi carriage in an orphanage in Bangkok, Thailand. E. bieneusi has been identified by PCR every 2 consecutive months since June 2003. The incidence ranged between 0.6 and 4.7/100 person-months. Person-to-person transmission was indicated by risk factor analysis and genotyping information.

SUBMITTER: Pagornrat W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2772578 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature