Giardia prevalence among 1-to-3-year-old children in two Washington State counties.
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 72 (4) , 386-388
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.72.4.386
Abstract
A survey of intestinal parasites was conducted in two Washington counties. Giardia prevalence among 518 children surveyed was 7.1 per cent and was unrelated to the source of domestic drinking water (surface or well), day care center attendance, or parental occupation. Identified risk factors for Giardia infection include a history of drinking untreated surface water and having two or more siblings between the ages of 3 and 10 years. Of 47 family members of Giardia positive children, 10 (21.3 per cent) were Giardia positive.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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