Prevalence and associated risk factors for Giardia lamblia infection among children hospitalized for diarrhea in Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-145

  Pereira, Maria Das Graças Cabral ^a   Atwill, Edward Robert ^a   Barbosa, Alverne Passos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Children diarrhea; Epidemiology; Giardia lamblia; Risk factors; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD WELFARE; CUSTODY; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FECES MICROFLORA; FOOD PROCESSING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; ZOOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 34447250995     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652007000300002     Document Type: Article

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