Prevalence and Risk Factors for Intestinal Protozoan Infections with Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Blastocystis and Dientamoeba among Schoolchildren in Tripoli, Lebanon.

• Main Authors: Marwan Osman (Author), Dima El Safadi (Author), Amandine Cian (Author), Sadia Benamrouz (Author), Céline Nourrisson (Author), Philippe Poirier (Author), Bruno Pereira (Author), Romy Razakandrainibe (Author), Anthony Pinon (Author), Céline Lambert (Author), Ivan Wawrzyniak (Author), Fouad Dabboussi (Author), Frederic Delbac (Author), Loïc Favennec (Author), Monzer Hamze (Author), Eric Viscogliosi (Author), Gabriela Certad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Intestinal protozoan infections are confirmed as major causes of diarrhea, particularly in children, and represent a significant, but often neglected, threat to public health. No recent data were available in Lebanon concerning the molecular epidemiology of protozoan infections in childre...