High prevalence of giardia duodenalis assemblage b infection and association with underweight in rwandan children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ignatius, Ralf ^a   Gahutu, Jean Bosco ^b   Klotz, Christian ^c   Steininger, Christian ^a   Shyirambere, Cyprien ^b   Lyng, Michel ^a   Musemakweri, Andre ^b   Aebischer, Toni ^c   Martus, Peter ^d   Harms, Gundel ^a   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RWANDA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; VOMITING; AFRICA; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFRICA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; THINNESS;

EID: 84863665225     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001677     Document Type: Article

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