Epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis among European AIDS patients

• Published in: Genitourinary Medicine Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 128 - 131
• Main Authors: Pedersen, C, Danner, S, Lazzarin, A, Glauser, M P, Weber, R, Katlama, C, Barton, S E, Lundgren, J D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.04.1996; British Medical Association; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - immunology; Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; CD4 Lymphocyte Count; Cryptosporidiosis - epidemiology; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Homosexuality, Male; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Male; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Multivariate Analysis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Europe; Infection; Cryptosporidiosis; Human; Immunopathology; Protozoal disease; Viral disease; Risk factor; AIDS; Parasitosis; Immune deficiency; Epidemiology

OBJECTIVE: To study epidemiology and possible risk factors associated with the development of cryptosporidiosis among European patients with AIDS. METHODS: An inception cohort of 6548 patients with AIDS, consecutively diagnosed from 1979 to 1989, from 52 centres in 17 European countries was studied....