Giardia duodenalis infection and wastewater irrigation in Pakistan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 538-542

  Ensink, Jeroen H J ^a,b   van der Hoek, Wim ^c   Amerasinghe, Felix P ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Giardia duodenalis; Pakistan; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE WORKER; WASTE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 33646490740     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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