Publications by authors named "Joice Neves Reis Pedreira"
Cryptosporidium diagnosis in different groups of children and characterization of parasite species.
Flávia Thamiris Figueiredo Pacheco Humberto Fonseca de Freitas Renata Kelly Novais Rodrigues Silva Silvia Souza de Carvalho Adson Santos Martins Joice Neves Reis Pedreira
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
July 2022
Background: Microscopy and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) are routinely used for Cryptosporidium diagnosis, without differentiating the parasite species.
Methods: Children's feces were analyzed by modified Ziehl-Neelsen (mZN) and ELISA for Cryptosporidium diagnosis and by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism for species identification.
Results: Cryptosporidium frequency was 2.