2012-06-12Zeitschriftenartikel
High Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage B Infection and Association with Underweight in Rwandan Children
Ignatius, Ralf; Gahutu, Jean Bosco; Klotz, Christian; Steininger, Christian; Shyirambere, Cyprien; Lyng, Michel; Musemakweri, Andre; Aebischer, Toni; Martus, Peter; Harms, Gundel; Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
Background: Giardia duodenalis is highly endemic in East Africa but its effects on child health, particularly of submicroscopic infections, i.e., those below the threshold of microscopy, and of genetic subgroups ...