Burden of Giardia duodenalis Infection and Its Adverse Effects on Growth of Schoolchildren in Rural Malaysia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a,b   Al Maktari, Mohamed T ^b   Jani, Rohana ^a   Ahmed, Abdulhamid ^c   Anuar, Tengku Shahrul ^d   Moktar, Norhayati ^e   Mahdy, Mohammed A K ^a,b   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a   Mahmud, Rohela ^a   Surin, Johari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA REPEAT PROTEIN A; GENTAMICIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA TURICATAE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MODEL; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPIROCHETE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84887311681     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002516     Document Type: Article

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