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Cryptosporidium species was found in 1.8% (2/113 children in the first sampling) and 1.9% (2/107 children in the second sampling) of the children studied in 11 day care centres. All cases were observed in children younger than 3 years of age, who were immunocompetent and asymptomatic. No cases of parasitization by Cryptosporidium species was detected in 67 children aged 5–14 years attending 7 primary schools.
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García-Rodríguez, J.A., Martín-Sánchez, A.M., Blasco, A.C. et al. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium species in children in day care centres and primary schools in Salamanca (Spain) : An epidemiological study. Eur J Epidemiol 6, 432–435 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151721
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