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

• Main Authors: Lester Gutiérrez (Author), Nadja A Vielot (Author), Roberto Herrera (Author), Yaoska Reyes (Author), Christian Toval-Ruíz (Author), Patricia Blandón (Author), Rebecca J Rubinstein (Author), Javier Mora (Author), Luther A Bartelt (Author), Filemón Bucardo (Author), Sylvia Becker-Dreps (Author), Samuel Vilchez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Giardia lamblia is an intestinal protozoan estimated to cause ~200 million symptomatic infections annually, mainly in children in low- and middle-income countries associated with intestinal damage, increased permeability, and malabsorption.<h4>Methods and results...