CLINICO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE AND UTILITY OF DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT CHILDREN WITH CRYPTOSPORIDIUM DIARRHOEA

Clinico-Epidemiological Profile and Utility of Diagnostic Techniques in Immunocompetent Children with Cryptosporidium Diarrhoea

Purpose: To assess the Clinical and Epidemiological profile of children 6 months to 5 years having Cryptosporidium diarrhoea and to compare the diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic altitude sunscreen test (RDT) against modified acid-fast stain technique to detect Cryptosporidium in stool.Materials and Methods: Details of demography, presenting c

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A bio-economic analysis of the hand-line and gillnet coastal fisheries of Pernambuco State, North-eastern Brazil

This paper presents a bio-economic analysis of the hand-line and gillnet coastal fisheries off Pernambuco State, north-eastern Brazil, in order to define management measures to support the decision-making process available to fisheries managers to reduce uncertainties about the sustainable development caruso rhodiola of the fisheries.The objective

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