- T B Pham: Institut de la Francophonie pour la Médecine Tropicale, Vientiane, RDP Laos. ifmtbinh@yahoo.com
A pilot study was carried out in May-June 2003 to evaluate the epidemiological situation of cryptosporidiosis in the Cu Chi district, a rural zone of Ho-Chi-Minh City Vietnam. The modified acid-fast stain of the stools revealed that 10/202 (5%) cows, 1/29 (3.5%) cattle breeders, and 2/53 (3.8%) under five year- old children with diarrhoea were infected by this germ. Unconfined cattle had a significantly higher risk of infection than penned animals (odds ratio [OR]: 8.3; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.06-64.7; p: 0.025).