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Morbidity in preschool Giardia cyst excretors.
- Source :
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Tropical and geographical medicine [Trop Geogr Med] 1986 Dec; Vol. 38 (4), pp. 367-70. - Publication Year :
- 1986
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Abstract
- Preschool children of two villages of Kharar Taluka, Ropar district, Punjab (India) were screened for the prevalence of giardiasis. Cysts of Giardia lamblia were found in 35.1% of the stool samples and other parasites were rarely seen. The incidence of diarrhoea in association with G. lamblia positivity was 16.5% in subjects whose stool examination was positive on one or more than one occasion. No difference in the incidence of giardiasis could be seen in well nourished and undernourished children living in these endemic areas.
- Subjects :
- Body Weight
Child, Preschool
Diarrhea complications
Female
Giardiasis complications
Humans
India
Infant
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic complications
Male
Nutrition Disorders complications
Prospective Studies
Diarrhea epidemiology
Giardiasis epidemiology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0041-3232
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Tropical and geographical medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 3810840