High Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage B Infection and Association with Underweight in Rwandan Children

BACKGROUND: Giardia duodenalis is highly endemic in East Africa but its effects on child health, particularly of submicroscopic infections, i.e., those below the threshold of microscopy, and of genetic subgroups (assemblages), are not well understood. We aimed at addressing these questions and at ex...

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Autores principales: Ignatius, Ralf, Gahutu, Jean Bosco, Klotz, Christian, Steininger, Christian, Shyirambere, Cyprien, Lyng, Michel, Musemakweri, Andre, Aebischer, Toni, Martus, Peter, Harms, Gundel, Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22720102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001677

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22720102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001677

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