Earthquakes are among the most impressive natural phenomena with very high potential to
set off a chain of effects that significantly affects public health through casualties and injuries …

Background Giardiasis infection may be asymptomatic, or can cause diarrhoea (sometimes
severe), weight loss, malabsorption, and, in children, failure to thrive. It is usually treated with …

After geophysical disasters (ie, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), media reports
almost always stress the risk for epidemics; whether this risk is genuine has been debated …

OBJETIVO: El propósito de este estudio es el de obtener datos sobre la giardiasis y el
parasitismo intestinal en una muestra significativa de los niños en edades pre-escolares de …

Although giardiasis has been a threat to mankind for thousands of years, this protozoan
infection was, until recently, relatively neglected. Giardia duodenalis is recognised as a …

Giardiasis is a parasitic infection that affects around 200 million people worldwide. This
parasite presents a remarkable genetic variability observed in 8 genetic clusters named as …

Giardia intestinalis infection is prevalent throughout the world and widely distributed in
developing countries. In general, children display serious consequences to their state of …

Los protozoarios patógenos Cryptosporidium parvum y Giardia sp. han demostrado su
infectividad e impacto negativo en la salud de miles de personas tanto en naciones …

Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions can interrupt diarrhoeal disease transmission
and reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality associated with faecal-oral infections. We …

Objectives To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasite infections and their risk factors
in children in urban and rural settings in two Cuban municipalities. Methods A total of 1320 …