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Determinants and Impact of Giardia Infection in the First 2 Years of Life in the MAL-ED Birth Cohort
Author(s) -
Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade,
Luther A. Bartelt,
James A Platts-Mills,
Jessica C. Seidman,
Amidou Samie,
Alexandre Havt,
Sudhir Babji,
Dixner Rengifo Trigoso,
Shahida Qureshi,
Sadia Shakoor,
Rashidul Haque,
Estomih Mduma,
Samita Bajracharya,
S. M. Abdul Gaffar,
Aldo Â. M. Lima,
Gagandeep Kang,
Margaret Kosek,
Tahmeed Ahmed,
Erling Svensen,
Carl J. Mason,
Zulfiqar A Bhutta,
Dennis Lang,
Michael Gottlieb,
Richard L. Guerrant,
Eric R. Houpt,
Pascal Bessong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piw082
Subject(s) - giardia , medicine , cohort , diarrhea , metronidazole , incidence (geometry) , immunology , biology , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , physics , optics
Giardia are among the most common enteropathogens detected in children in low-resource settings. We describe here the epidemiology of infection with Giardia in the first 2 years of life in the Etiology, Risk Factors, and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development Project (MAL-ED), a multisite birth-cohort study.

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