Detection of Giardia lamblia antigen in children living in a Peruvian periurban shantytown (Pueblo Joven)

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dc.date.available2022-10-10T03:26:12Z
dc.date.created2022-10-10T03:26:12Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12346
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.29.3.636-637.1991
dc.description.abstractStool microscopy and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Giardia lamblia antigen detection were compared for detecting G. lamblia in 30 Peruvian infants. Of 1,131 fecal specimens, G. lamblia was detected by ELISA alone in 44, by microscopy alone in 17, and by both methods in 91. In another group of 17 children negative for G. lamblia by stool microscopy, 6 had G. lamblia detected by ELISA or duodenal aspiration: 2 only by ELISA, 1 only by duodenal aspirate examination, and 3 by both examinations. The ELISA is useful for the detection of G. lamblia in fecal specimens but compared to stool microscopy does not significantly increase the detection of cases.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiology
dc.relationJournal of Clinical Microbiology
dc.relation1098-660X
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectGiardia lamblia antigen
dc.subjectPeruvian children
dc.titleDetection of Giardia lamblia antigen in children living in a Peruvian periurban shantytown (Pueblo Joven)
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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