Serum immunology investigation of Cryptosporidium infection among injection drug abusers
- VernacularTitle:静脉吸毒人群隐孢子虫感染血清免疫学调查
- Author:
Hongsheng ZHU
;
Xueli DU
;
Rongbin YU
;
Jinmei XU
;
Lifei ZHU
;
Haiwei WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Injection drug abusers (IDUs);
Cryptosporidium;
ELISA;
Serologic epidemiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
1991;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the status of Cryptosporidium infection among injection drug abusers(IDUs) based on the purified recombinant CP23 protein antigen.Methods The serologic antibody response of Cryptosporidium infection was examined by indirect ELISA in the collected 588 serum episodes of IDUs and 384 cases of healthy persons. Results Among 588 cases of IDUs, 69.90% of them were serologic antibody-positive, compared with 29.43% of the healthy persons, with a significant difference(P
