Prevalence of giardiasis in children attending semi-urban daycare centres in guatemala and comparison of 3 giardia detection tests

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 290-293

  Duffy, Terri Lynn ^a   Montenegro Bethancourt, Gabriela ^b   Solomons, Noel W ^b   Belosevic, Miodrag ^a   Clandinin, M Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Giardiasis; Guatemala

Indexed keywords

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84879511629     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v31i2.16394     Document Type: Article

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