Does co-infection with Giardia lamblia modulate the clinical characteristics of enteric infections in young children?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 877-883

  Bilenko, Natalya ^a   Levy, Amalya ^a   Dagan, Ron ^b   Deckelbaum, Richard J ^c   El On, Yossef ^b   Fraser, Drora ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Co infection; Diarrhea; Enteric pathogens; G. lamblia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS; AGE; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMORBIDITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GIARDIASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMORBIDITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROTAVIRUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16644386340     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000040533.75646.9c     Document Type: Article

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