title: [Prevalence if giardiasis in Volgograd city population].
abstract: Analyzing many year's data on the prevalence of giardiasis among Volgograd dwellers indicated that the five-year infectivity index did not substantially change and it was 6.3 +/- 0.4%. The rate of Giardia lamblia isolation was higher in healthy individuals in the high-loaded environmental topodemic regions of the city than in those in the good ones. Over 50% of all the cases of giardiasis were recorded among 7-15-year-old children, the proportion of preschool children was much less (31.9%). The rate of giardiasis detection in children who went to children's preschool facilities was twice higher than that in the unorganized population. The focality index was 6.8%, which is indicative of the low contagiousness of the disease.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Kramar'
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Reznikov
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Kramar'
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population