Giardia lamblia risk factors and burden in children with acute gastroenteritis in a Nicaraguan birth cohort

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Lester Gutiérrez · Universidad de Costa Rica

Nadja A. Vielot · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Roberto Herrera · Universidad de Costa Rica

Yaoska Reyes · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Christian Toval-Ruíz · Universidad Tecnológica La Salle

Patricia Blandón · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León

Rebecca Rubinstein

Abstract

Taken together, GAGE is more frequent under poor household conditions. However, breastfeeding significantly reduces the incidence of GAGE in those children.

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Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Amoebic Infections and Treatments

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Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Volume 18, Issue 11, pp. e0012230-e0012230

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012230

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Giardia lamblia risk factors and burden in children with acute gastroenteritis in a Nicaraguan birth cohort

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