A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort to Investigate the Effects of Early Life Giardiasis on Growth and All Cause Diarrhea
Author(s) -
Jeffrey R. Donowitz,
Masud Alam,
Mamun Kabir,
Z. Jennie,
Forida Nazib,
James A Platts-Mills,
Luther A. Bartelt,
Rashidul Haque,
William A. Petri
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw391
Subject(s) - giardia , medicine , diarrhea , prospective cohort study , odds ratio , breastfeeding , cohort study , cohort , risk factor , giardia lamblia , confidence interval , pediatrics , veterinary medicine , pathology
Growth stunting in children under 2 years of age in low-income countries is common. Giardia is a ubiquitous pathogen in this age group but studies investigating Giardia's effect on both growth and diarrhea have produced conflicting results.
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