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Comunicación corta Cryptosporidium y Giardia en agua potable para niños en Lege Dini, Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Ayalew D.,
Boelee E.,
Endeshaw T.,
Petros B.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02024.x
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium , giardia , veterinary medicine , environmental health , medicine , biology , feces , microbiology and biotechnology
Summary We assessed the prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections among children using protected and unprotected water sources in the Lege Dini watershed, Eastern Ethiopia, in November 2005 and May 2006. Of 655 children examined, 80 (12.2%) were infected with Cryptosporidium and 231 (35.3%) with Giardia . No difference was observed in the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis ( P > 0.05) between children drinking water from protected and unprotected sources.