Epidemiological, parasitological and molecular aspects of Giardia duodenalis infection in children attending public daycare centers in southeastern Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 473-479

  Santos, Cynthia K S ^a   Grama, Daliane F ^a   Limongi, Jean E ^b   Costa, Fabíola C ^a   Couto, Talles R ^a   Soares, Rodrigo M ^c   Mundim, Maria José S ^a   Cury, Márcia C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Controle de Zoonoses   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Daycare centers; Giardia duodenalis; Molecular characterization; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BRAZIL; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84863581983     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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