Cryptosporidium and Giardia infection and drinking water sources among children in Lege Dini, Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 472-475

  Ayalew, D ^b   Boelee, E ^a   Endeshaw, T ^c   Petros, B ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Children; Cryptosporidium; Drinking water; Ethiopia; Giardia; Protected and unprotected water sources

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ETHIOPIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ETHIOPIA; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 42149168049     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02024.x     Document Type: Article

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