Giardia lamblia and other intestinal parasitic infections and their relationships with nutritional status in children in Brazilian Amazon

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-153

  Carvalho Costa, Filipe Anibal ^a,d   Gonçalves, Alessandra Queiroga ^a   Lassance, Sandra Laranjeira ^a   Da Silva Neto, Luanda Macedo ^b   Salmazo, Carla Alexandra Almeida ^c   Bóia, Marcio Neves ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Children; Giardia lamblia; Hemoglobin; Indians; Intestinal parasitism; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITOSIS; PHOTOMETER; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34447266379     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652007000300003     Document Type: Article

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