Asymptomatic carriage of intestinal protists is common in children in Lusaka Province, Zambia
Intestinal protist infection/colonization is a common finding in apparently healthy children in Lusaka Province, Zambia. Asymptomatic carriers may play an underestimated role as spreaders of gastrointestinal parasitic infections. This study improves our current understanding of the epidemiology of diarrhoea-causing protists in Zambia and sub-Saharan Africa and indicates that the role of asymptomatic carriers of gastrointestinal parasites in transmission should be further explored.
Authors
- Sergio Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-6203)
- David González‐Barrio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8460-0067)
- David Carmena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-8553)
- Mónica Santı́n (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1386-6255)
- Namwiinga R. Mulunda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7622-2422)
- Jenny G. Maloney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-883X)
- James Mwansa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0726-8889)
- Kelly Chisanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7628-3241)
- W Freeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5872-3602)
- Javier Sotillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-7233)
- Mable Mutengo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3973-0345)
- Alejandro Dashti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8707-5731)
- Pamela C. Köster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5963-8824)
- Lourdes Castro
- Kyoko Hayashida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9266-5162)
- Michaela Kaduková
- Stanley Chinyanta
Institutions
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- United States Department of Agriculture (US)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- University Teaching Hospital (ZM)
- University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice (SK)
- Lusaka Apex Medical University (ZM)
- Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (ES)
- Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2024-12-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012717
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.06
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
- Agricultural Research Service
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III