The epidemiology of giardiasis in New Zealand, 1997-2006

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1290, 2009, Pages 62-75

  Snel, Saskia J ^a   Baker, Michael G ^a   Venugopal, Kamalesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TERRITORIALITY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 64049095296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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