title: Prevalence and frequency of Giardia lamblia in children aged 0 to 60 months with and without diarrhoea.
abstract: Stool specimen results from children with diarrhoea and without diarrhoea, in a rural village community in Kenya, were analysed in order to compare prevalence and age frequency distributions of Giardia between the 2 groups. There was evidence for 2 age-related prevalence peaks for Giardia in children 60 months and below. Furthermore, there appeared to be a clear Giardia-diarrhoea relationship in the age group of 19 to 24 months.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Centre, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Chunge
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Karumba
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaleli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wamwea
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mutiso
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Andala
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Kinoti
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population