Microsporidiosis and Cryptosporidiosis in HIV/AIDS Patients in St. Petersburg, Russia: Serological identification of microsporidia and Cryptosporidium parvum in sera samples from HIV/AIDS patients

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2011 Jan;27(1):13-5. doi: 10.1089/aid.2010.0132. Epub 2010 Oct 7.

Abstract

To determine seroprevalence of the opportunistic organisms Cryptosporidium parvum and microsporidia (Encephalitozoon cuniculi, E. intestinalis, E. hellem, and Enterocytozoon bieneusi) in Russian HIV/AIDS patients, we evaluated 46 sera from HIV/AIDS patients from the S.P. Botkin Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, St. Petersburg, Russia. Five (10.9%) sera were seropositive for E. cuniculi and 19 (41.3%) were positive for C. parvum by ELISA. By IFAT, 6 (13.0%) sera were seropositive for E. bieneusi, 4 (8.7%) for E. intestinalis, and 9 (19.6%) for E. hellem. This study is the first report to estimate the prevalence of infection with Cryptosporidium and microsporidia among Russian HIV/AIDS patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology*
  • Adult
  • Cryptosporidiosis / epidemiology*
  • Cryptosporidium / immunology
  • Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification
  • Cryptosporidium parvum / immunology
  • Cryptosporidium parvum / isolation & purification
  • Encephalitozoon / immunology
  • Encephalitozoon / isolation & purification
  • Enterocytozoon / immunology
  • Enterocytozoon / isolation & purification
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Microsporidiosis / epidemiology*
  • Russia / epidemiology
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies