Giardia lamblia risk factors and burden in children with acute gastroenteritis in a Nicaraguan birth cohort
Taken together, GAGE is more frequent under poor household conditions. However, breastfeeding significantly reduces the incidence of GAGE in those children.
Authors
- Sylvia Becker‐Dreps (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7808-2507)
- Javier Mauricio Mora Méndez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6722-1981)
- Rebecca Rubinstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-0959)
- Nadja A. Vielot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9004-0609)
- Lester Gutiérrez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5819-3058)
- Samuel Vilchez
- Roberto Herrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9448-1188)
- Filemón Bucardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9819-870X)
- Patricia Blandón
- Christian Toval-Ruíz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1938-8012)
- Luther A. Bartelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7596-4272)
- Yaoska I Reyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9467-2438)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Universidad de Costa Rica (CR)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León (NI)
- Universidad Tecnológica La Salle (NI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012230
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55
Funders
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Fogarty International Center
- Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases