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Association between Giardia duodenalis and coinfection with other diarrhea-causing pathogens in India.
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BioMed research international [Biomed Res Int] 2014; Vol. 2014, pp. 786480. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jun 09. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Giardia duodenalis, is often seen as an opportunistic pathogen and one of the major food and waterborne parasites. Some insights of Giardia infestation in a diarrhoea-prone population were investigated in the present study. Our primary goal was to understand the interaction of this parasite with other pathogens during infection and to determine some important factors regulating the diarrhoeal disease spectrum of a population. Giardia showed a steady rate of occurrence throughout the entire study period with a nonsignificant association with rainfall (P > 0.05). Interestingly coinfecting pathogens like Vibrio cholerae and rotavirus played a significant (P ≤ 0.001) role in the occurrence of this parasite. Moreover, the age distribution of the diarrhoeal cases was very much dependent on the coinfection rate of Giardia infection. As per our findings, Giardia infection rate seems to play a vital role in regulation of the whole diarrhoeal disease spectrum in this endemic region.
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- Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Coinfection microbiology
Coinfection parasitology
Diarrhea microbiology
Diarrhea parasitology
Female
Giardiasis microbiology
Giardiasis parasitology
Humans
India epidemiology
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Coinfection epidemiology
Diarrhea epidemiology
Giardia lamblia
Giardiasis epidemiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2314-6141
- Volume :
- 2014
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- BioMed research international
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25009820
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/786480