Demographics of Giardia infections in Bergen, Norway, subsequent to a waterborne outbreak.
Young women have previously been reported as the predominant group infected during a waterborne giardiasis outbreak, due to elevated water consumption. Here, the demographics of those subsequently infected are described, and young women again predominate. As secondary cases were not waterborne, this cannot be attributed to drinking habits.
Robertson
Lucy J
LJ
Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo. lucy.robertson@veths.no
Forberg
Torunn
T
Hermansen
Lene
L
Gjerde
Bjørn K
BK
Langeland
Nina
N
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D016829:Giardia lamblia; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply