Risk of Giardia intestinalis infection in children from an artificially recharged groundwater area in Mexico City

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-70

  Cifuentes, Enrique ^a   Suárez, Leticia ^a   Espinosa, Martha ^b   Juárez Figueroa, Luis ^a   Martínez Palomo, Adolfo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Av Instituto Politecnico Nacional   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3142615800     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.65     Document Type: Article

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