Intestinal parasites and genotypes of Giardia intestinalis in school children from Berisso, Argentina

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 527-534

  Molina, Nora ^a,b   Pezzani, Betina ^a,b   Ciarmela, María ^a,b   Orden, Alicia ^a,c   Rosa, Diana ^a,b   Apezteguía, María ^a,d   Basualdo, Juan ^b   Minvielle, Marta ^a,b  

^a National University of La Plata ^*

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Giardia genotypes; Intestinal parasites

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ANUS PRURITUS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COPROPARASITOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIANAL SWAB; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SMEAR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHURIS; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 79961056154     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1660     Document Type: Article

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