Longitudinal study of giardiasis in three day care centres of Havana City

Acta Tropica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-242

  Núñez, Fidel Angel ^a   Hernández, Miriam ^a   Finlay, Carlos M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Day care centres; Giardia lamblia; Giardiasis; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUBA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE;

CUBA;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0344286101     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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