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Epidemiology of giardiasis and assemblages A and B and effects on diarrhea and growth trajectories during the first 8 years of life: Analysis of a birth cohort in a rural district in tropical Ecuador

Tannya Sandoval-Ramírez; Víctor Seco-Hidalgo; Evelyn Calderon-Espinosa; Diana Garcia-Ramon; Andrea Lopez; Manuel Calvopiña; Irene Guadalupe; Martha Chico; Rojelio Mejía; Irina Chis Ster; Philip J. Cooper

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Resumen

Our data show a relatively high edemicity of G. lamblia transmission during childhood in coastal Ecuador, and evidence that infection is associated with a transiently increased risk of diarrhea during the first 3 years of life and impairment of weight and height between 1 and 4 years.

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Tannya Sandoval-Ramírez, & Víctor Seco-Hidalgo, & Evelyn Calderon-Espinosa, & Diana Garcia-Ramon, & Andrea Lopez, & Manuel Calvopiña, & Irene Guadalupe, & Martha Chico, & Rojelio Mejía, & Irina Chis Ster, & Philip J. Cooper (2023). Epidemiology of giardiasis and assemblages A and B and effects on diarrhea and growth trajectories during the first 8 years of life: Analysis of a birth cohort in a rural district in tropical Ecuador. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011777