Prevalence of Giardia Lamblia among Food Handlers and Day-Care Workers in Tehran

• Main Authors: Delaram Dargahi (Author), Mitra Zare Bavani (Author), Nahid Einollahi (Author), Nasrin Dashti (Author), Mostafa Rezaeian (Author), Sakineh Abbasi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Aim: Giardiasis is the most common pathogenic gastrointestinal parasite worldwide and transmitted by ingesting parasite cyst, through water and food and person-to-person contact. Therefore in food handlers and child care workers it is of high importance. In this study we surveyed the...