Can giardia lamblia infection lower the risk of acute diarrhea among preschool children?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-103

  Muhsen, Khitam ^a,b   Cohen, Dani ^b   Levine, Myron M ^a  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Giardia; Preschool; Prospective study; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

DIARRHEA; GIARDIA; PRESCHOOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897058450     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt085     Document Type: Article

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