Molecular and Clinical Characterization of Giardia duodenalis Infection in Preschool Children from Lisbon, Portugal

Molecular and Clinical Characterization of Giardia duodenalis Infection in Preschool Children from Lisbon, Portugal

Giardia duodenalis is the most prevalent intestinal protozoan infection especially in children. In Portugal scarce data are available relative to this infection in preschoolers. The present study was conducted from April to July 2009 in public preschools in Lisbon enrolling 316 children. Stool exam...

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Main Authors: Filipa Santana Ferreira, Rita Alexandre dos Santos Soares de Bellegarde Machado Sá da Bandeira, Cláudia Alexandra Cecílio de Sampaio Ferreira Constantino, Ana Maria Teixeira Duarte Cancela da Fonseca, Joana da Graça Matias Gomes, Rúben Miguel Lopes Rodrigues, Jorge Luís Marques da Silva Atouguia, Sónia Chavarria Alves Ferreira Centeno-Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Parasitology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/252971
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