Article: Cryptosporidium and Cyclospora infection transmission by swimming
Abstract
Cyclospora and Cryptosporidium are obligate, intracellular, coccidian protozoa that cause selflimited diarrhoea in immunocompetent and prolonged diarrhoea in immunocompromised patients. This is the first case of coccidia infection acquired after swimming in a swimming pool in Nepal. This study describes the chronological evidence of these coccidia infections in a Nepalese swimmer with the possible epidemiological link of the environmental contamination in swimming pools in Kathmandu. It represents an important public health issue among the urban areas of the world.
Keywords: Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, epidemiology, hyperchlorination, swimming, transmission
T.R. Ghimire
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
L.V Ghimire
Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, US
R.K Shahu
Central Department of Zoology, Kirtipur, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
P.N Mishra
Central Department of Zoology, Kirtipur, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, epidemiology, hyperchlorination, swimming, transmission
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.492
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