Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil
Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with Giardia intestinalis infection, verifying its impact on the nutritional status of children in northeastern Brazil. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted to obtain parasitological, sociodemo...
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| author | Beatriz Coronato-Nunes Deiviane Aparecida Calegar Kerla Joeline Lima Monteiro Lauren Hubert-Jaeger Elis Regina Chaves Reis Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier Lindsay Nicole Carpp Marli Maria Lima Márcio Neves Bóia Filipe Anibal Carvalho-Costa |
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Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with Giardia intestinalis infection, verifying its impact on the nutritional status of children in northeastern Brazil.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted to obtain parasitological, sociodemographic, and anthropometric data in two municipalities in the states of Piauí and Ceará, northeastern Brazil.
Results: Prevalence of giardiasis was 55/511 (10.8%). G. intestinalis was more frequent in people living in poverty (30/209 [14.4%], p = 0.041), performing open evacuation (26/173 [15%], p = 0.034), and drinking rainwater stored in cisterns (9/56 [16.1%], p = 0.005). The proportion of stunting and being underweight in children infected with G. intestinalis was significantly higher than that in uninfected children (5/23 [21.7%] vs. 10/179 [5.6%], p = 0.017, OR = 4.69, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.44–15.25 and 5/23 [21.7%] vs. 13/179 [7.3%], p = 0.038, OR = 3.54, 95% CI = 1.13–11.09, respectively). Infection with G. intestinalis remained significantly associated with stunting and being underweight after adjustment for poverty, municipality, sex, and age in a logistic regression multivariate model.
Conclusions: In rural areas in northeastern Brazil, giardiasis has acquired great public health importance in the soil-transmitted helminths control era, impacting the nutritional status of children and requiring new approaches to diagnosis and treatment and translational research that could generate applicable solutions at the community level.
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| spelling | doaj-art-db6716c434f84ee4be5dad89cf4e17b92025-08-20T02:14:17ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802017-07-01110710.3855/jidc.8410Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern BrazilBeatriz Coronato-Nunes0Deiviane Aparecida Calegar1Kerla Joeline Lima Monteiro2Lauren Hubert-Jaeger3Elis Regina Chaves Reis4Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier5Lindsay Nicole Carpp6Marli Maria Lima7Márcio Neves Bóia8Filipe Anibal Carvalho-Costa9Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, BrasilOswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, BrasilOswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, BrasilOswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, BrasilNossa Senhora de Nazaré Municipal Health Office, Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, BrasilOswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, BrasilFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United StatesOswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, BrasilOswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, BrasilOswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with Giardia intestinalis infection, verifying its impact on the nutritional status of children in northeastern Brazil. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted to obtain parasitological, sociodemographic, and anthropometric data in two municipalities in the states of Piauí and Ceará, northeastern Brazil. Results: Prevalence of giardiasis was 55/511 (10.8%). G. intestinalis was more frequent in people living in poverty (30/209 [14.4%], p = 0.041), performing open evacuation (26/173 [15%], p = 0.034), and drinking rainwater stored in cisterns (9/56 [16.1%], p = 0.005). The proportion of stunting and being underweight in children infected with G. intestinalis was significantly higher than that in uninfected children (5/23 [21.7%] vs. 10/179 [5.6%], p = 0.017, OR = 4.69, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.44–15.25 and 5/23 [21.7%] vs. 13/179 [7.3%], p = 0.038, OR = 3.54, 95% CI = 1.13–11.09, respectively). Infection with G. intestinalis remained significantly associated with stunting and being underweight after adjustment for poverty, municipality, sex, and age in a logistic regression multivariate model. Conclusions: In rural areas in northeastern Brazil, giardiasis has acquired great public health importance in the soil-transmitted helminths control era, impacting the nutritional status of children and requiring new approaches to diagnosis and treatment and translational research that could generate applicable solutions at the community level. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/8410Giardia intestinalisnortheastern Brazilnutritional statusintestinal parasitespovertyBrazil |
| spellingShingle | Beatriz Coronato-Nunes Deiviane Aparecida Calegar Kerla Joeline Lima Monteiro Lauren Hubert-Jaeger Elis Regina Chaves Reis Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier Lindsay Nicole Carpp Marli Maria Lima Márcio Neves Bóia Filipe Anibal Carvalho-Costa Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Giardia intestinalis northeastern Brazil nutritional status intestinal parasites poverty Brazil |
| title | Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil |
| title_full | Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil |
| title_short | Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil |
| title_sort | giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern brazil |
| topic | Giardia intestinalis northeastern Brazil nutritional status intestinal parasites poverty Brazil |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/8410 |
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