Susceptibility and serologic response of healthy adults to reinfection with Cryptosporidium parvum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 441-443

  Okhuysen, Pablo C ^a   Chappell, Cynthia L ^a   Sterling, Charles R ^b   Jakubowski, Walter ^c   DuPont, Herbert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0031882515     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.441-443.1998     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Abrahamsen, M., C. Lancto, B. Walcheck, W. Layton, and M. Jutila. 1997. Localization of α/β and γ/δ lymphocytes in Cryptosporidium parvum-infected tissues in naive and immune calves. Infect. Immun. 65:2428-2433.
2. Arrowood, M. J., and C. R. Sterling. 1989. Comparison of conventional staining methods and monoclonal antibody-based methods for Cryptosporidium oocyst detection. J. Clin. Microbiol. 27:1490-1495.
3. Chappell, C., P. Okhuysen, C. Sterling, and H. DuPont. 1996. Cryptosporidium parvum: intensity of infection and oocyst excretion patterns in healthy volunteers. J. Infect. Dis. 173:232-236.
4. Chen, W., and J. Harp. 1993. Gamma Interferon functions in resistance to Cryptosporidium parvum infection in severe combined immunodeficient mice. Infect. Immun. 61:3548-3551.
5. Current, W., and P. Bick. 1989. Immunobiology of Cryptosporidium spp. Pathol. Immunopathol. Res. 8:141-160.
6. Current, W., and D. Snyder. 1988. Development of and serologic evaluation of acquired immunity to Cryptosporidium baileyi by broiler chickens. Poult. Sci. 67:720-729.
7. DuPont, H., C. Chappell, C. Sterling, P. Okhuysen, J. Rose, and W. Jakubowski. 1995. The infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum in healthy volunteers. N. Engl. J. Med. 332:855-859.
8. DuPont, H., M. Cooperstock, M. Corrado, R. Fekety, and D. Murray. 1992. General guidelines for the evaluation of new anti-infective drugs for the treatment of acute infectious diarrhea. Clin. Infect. Dis. 15(Suppl. 1):S228-S235.
9. Goodgame, R. W., R. M. Genta, A. C. White, and C. L. Chappell. 1993. Intensity of infection in AIDS-associated cryptosporidiosis. J. Infect. Dis. 167:704-709.
10. Harp, J., W. Chen, and A. Harmsen. 1992. Resistance of severe combined immunodeficient mice to infection with Cryptosporidium parvum: the importance of intestinal microflora. Infect. Immun. 60:3509-3512.
11. Harp, J., M. Wannemuchler, D. Woodmansee, and H. Moon. 1988. Susceptibility of germfree and antibiotic treated adult mice to Cryptosporidium parvum. Infect. Immun. 56:2006-2010.
12. Harp, J., D. Woodmansee, and H. Moon. 1990. Resistance of calves to Cryptosporidium parvum: effects of age and previous exposure. Infect. Immun. 58:2237-2240.
13. Korich, D., J. Mead, M. Madore, N. Sinclair, and C. Sterling. 1990. Effects of ozone, chlorine dioxide, chlorine, and monochloramine on Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst viability. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:1423-1428.
14. Kuhls, T., D. A. Moiser, D. Crawford, and J. Griffs. 1994. Seroprevalence of cryplosporidial antibodies during infancy, childhood and adolescence. Clin. Infect. Dis. 5:731-735.
15. MacKenzie, W., N. Hoxie, M. Proctor, M. Gradus, K. Blair, D. Peterson, J. Kazmierczak, D. Addiss, K. Fox, J. Rose, and J. Davis. 1994. A massive outbreak in Milwaukee of Cryptosporidium infection transmitted through the public water supply. N. Engl. J. Med. 331:161-167.
16. MacKenzie, W., W. Schell, K. Blair, D. Addiss, D. Peterson, N. Hoxie, J. Kazmierczak, and J. Davis. 1995. Massive outbreak of waterborne Cryptosporidium infection in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: recurrence of Illness and risk of secondary transmission. Clin. Infect. Dis. 21:57-62.
17. + intraepithelial lymphocytes. Infect. Immun. 64:2556-2562.
18. Miller, R., M. Brodsdon, and W. Morton. 1990. Experimental cryptosporidiosis in a primate model. J. Infect. Dis. 161:312-315.
19. Newman, R., T. Wuhib, A. Lima, R. Guerrant, and C. Sears. 1993. Environmental sources of Cryptosporidium in an urban slum in northwestern Brazil. Am. J. Trop. Mod. Hyg. 49:270-275.
20. Newman, R., S. Zu, T. Wuhib, A. Lima, R. Guerrant, and S. Sears. 1994. Hxousehold epidemiology of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in an urban community in Northeast Brazil. Ann. Intern. Med. 120:500-505.
21. Sherwood, D., K. Angus, D. Snodgrass, and S. Tzipori. 1982. Experimental cryptosporidiosis in laboratory mice. Infect. Immun. 38:471-475.