Effects of giardiasis on school success, weight and height indices of primary school children in Turkey

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 567-571

  Çeliksöz, Ali ^a,b   Aciöz, Mehmet ^a   Deǧerli, Serpil ^a   Çinar, Ziynet ^a   Elaldi, Nazif ^a   Erandaç, Memnune ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Giardiasis; Success at school; Weight and height

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEIGHT; WELLBEING;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY;

EID: 29144533973     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02110.x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Ali SA, Hill DR. Giardia intestinalis. Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. 2003; 16: 453-60.
2. Özçelik S, Deǧerli S. Giardiasis in Turkey. Acta Parasitol. Turcica 1998; 22: 292-8.
3. Ortega YR, Adam RD. Giardia: overview and update. Clin. Infect. Dis. 1997; 25: 545-50.
4. Wolfe MS. Giardiasis. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 1992; 5: 93-100.
5. Thompson RCA, Reynoldson JA, Mendis HW. Giardia and giardiasis. Adv. Parasitol. 1993; 32: 71-160.
6. Adam RD. Biology of Giardia lamblia. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2001; 14: 447-75.
7. Silvia YMC, Norberto S, Mauro EV. Effects of asymptomatic Giardia Intestinalis infection on carbohydrate absorption in well-nourished mexican children. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2002; 66: 255-9.
8. Ish-Horowicz M, Korman SH, Shapiro M et al. Asymptomatic giardiasis in children. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 1989; 8: 773-9.
9. Hoge CW, Echeverria P, Rajah R et al. Prevalence of Cyclospora species and other enteric pathogens among children less than 5 years of age in Nepal. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1995; 33: 3058-60.
10. Fraser D, Dagan R, Naggan L et al. Natural history of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium infections in a cohort of Israeli Bedouin infants: a study of a population in transition. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 1997; 57: 544-9.
11. Wolfe MS. Giardiasis. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 1992; 5: 93-100.
12. Astiazaran-Garcia H, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Castanon G, Chavez-Munguia B, Martinez-Palomo A. Giardia lamblia: effect of infection with symptomatic and asymptomatic isolates on the growth of gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Exp. Parasitol. 2000; 95: 128-35.
13. Simsek Z, Zeyrek FY, Kurcer MA. Effect of Giardia infection on growth and psychomotor development of children aged 0-5 years. J. Trop. Pediatr. 2004; 50: 90-3.
14. Newman RD, Moore SR, Lima AA, Nataro JP, Guerrant RL, Sears CL. A longitudinal study of Giardia lamblia infection in north-east Brazilian children. Trop. Med. Int. Health 2001; 6: 624-34.
15. Meyer EA, Meyer EA (ed.). Giardiasis. Elsevier Publishing Co., New York, 1990; 1-9.
16. Faubert G. Immune response to Giardia duodenalis. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2000; 13: 35-54.
17. Norhayati M, Penggabean M, Oothuman P, Fatmah MS. Prevalence and some risk factors of Giardia duodenalis infection in a rural community in Malaysia. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health 1998; 29: 735-8.
18. Dunlap BG, Thies ML. Giardia in beaver (Castor canadensis) and nutria (Myocastor coypus) from east Texas. J. Parasitol. 2002; 88: 1254-8.
19. Cheng-Ng R, Castellano-Canizales JA, Diaz-Suarez O, Villalobos-Perozo RE. Prevalence of giardiasis in day care centers in San Francisco municipality, state of Zulia, Venezuela. Invest. Clin. 2002; 43: 231-7.
20. Furness BW, Beach MJ, Roberts JM. Giardiasis surveillance - United States, 1992-1997. MMWR CDC Surveill. Summ. 2000; 49: 1-13.
21. Nizeyi JB, Mwebe R, Nanteza A, Cranfield MR, Kalema GR, Graczyk TK. Cryptosporidium sp. & Giardia sp. infections in mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. J. Parasitol. 1999; 85: 1084-8.
22. Greig JD, Michel P, Wilson JB et al. A descriptive analysis of giardiasis cases reported in Ontario, 1990-1998. Can. J. Public Health 2001; 92: 361-5.
23. Mahmud MA, Chappell C, Hossain MM, Habib M, Dupont HL. Risk factors for development of first symptomatic Giardia infection among infants of a birth cohort in rural Egypt. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 1995; 53: 84-8.
24. Nokes C, Grantham-McGregor SM, Sawyer AW, Cooper ES, Robinson BA, Bundy DA. Moderate to heavy infections of Trichuris trichiura affect cognitive function in Jamaican school children. Parasitology 1992; 104: 539-47.
25. Simeon DT, Grantham-McGregor SM, Callender JE, Wong MS. Treatment of Trichuris trichiura infections improves growth, spelling scores and school attendance in some children. J. Nutr. 1995; 125: 1875-83.
26. Simeon D, Callender J, Wong M, Grantham-McGregor S, Ramdath DD. School performance, nutritional status and trichuriasis in Jamaican schoolchildren. Acta Paediatr. 1994; 83: 1188-93.
27. Brooker S, Miguel EA, Moulin S, Luoba AI, Bundy DA, Kremer M. Epidemiology of single and multiple species of helminth infections among school children in Busia District, Kenya. East Afr. Med. J. 2000; 77: 157-61.
28. Montresor A, Ramsan M, Chwaya HM et al. School enrollment in Zanzibar linked to children's age and helminth infections. Trop. Med. Int. Health 2001; 6: 227-31.
29. de Clercq D, Sacko M, Behnke J, Gilbert F, Vercruysse J. The relationship between Schistosoma haematobium infection and school performance and attendance in Bamako, Mali. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 1998; 92: 851-8.
30. Nimri LF. Prevalence of giardiasis among primary school children. Child Care Health Dev. 1994; 20: 231-7.
31. Gamboa MI, Basualdo JA, Kozubsky L, Costas E, Cueto Rua E, Lahitte HB. Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina. Eur. J. Epidemiol. 1998; 14: 55-61.
32. Holland CV, Taren DL, Crompton DW et al. Intestinal helminthiases in relation to the socioeconomic environment of Panamanian children. Soc. Sci. Med. 1988; 26: 209-13.
33. Goldin AJ, Apt W, Aguilera X, Zulantay I, Warhurst DC, Miles MA. Efficient diagnosis of giardiasis among nursery and primary school children in Santiago, Chile by capture ELISA for the detection of fecal Giardia antigens. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 1990; 42: 538-45.
34. Gurses N, Ozkan Y, Peksen Y, Uysal S, Aydin M. Intestinal parasites in primary schools of different socioeconomic status and environmental conditions. Mikrobiyol. Bul. 1991; 25: 57-62.
35. Pitisuttithum P, Migasena S, Juntra A, Supeeranond L, Naksrissuk S. Socio-economic status and prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in Thai adults residing in and around Bangkok metropolis. J. Med. Assoc. Thai. 1990; 73: 522-5.