Age-dependent decline and association with stunting of Giardia duodenalis infection among schoolchildren in rural Huye district, Rwanda

Acta Tropica

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-22

  Heimer, Jakob ^a   Staudacher, Olga ^a   Steiner, Florian ^a   Kayonga, Yvette ^b   Havugimana, Jean Marie ^b   Musemakweri, Andre ^b   Harms, Gundel ^a   Gahutu, Jean Bosco ^b   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Giardia; Rwanda; School; Stunting

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDOPARASITE; FLAGELLATE; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION DECLINE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GROWTH DISORDERS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

HUYE; RWANDA;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84923112601     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.01.011     Document Type: Article

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