Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil

dc.creatorNunes, Beatriz Coronato
dc.creatorCalegar, Deiviane Aparecida
dc.creatorMonteiro, Kerla Joeline Lima
dc.creatorJaeger, Lauren Hubert
dc.creatorReis, Elis Regina Chaves
dc.creatorXavier, Samanta Cristina das Chagas
dc.creatorCarpp, Lindsay Nicole
dc.creatorLima, Marli Maria
dc.creatorBóia, Márcio Neves
dc.creatorCosta, Filipe Anibal Carvalho
dc.date2017-11-16T09:48:35Z
dc.date2017-11-16T09:48:35Z
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T00:13:59Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T00:13:59Z
dc.identifierNUNES, Beatriz Coronato et al. Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil. The Journal of Infection In Developing Countries, v. 11, n. 7, p. 563-570, July 2017.
dc.identifier2036-6590
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/23192
dc.identifier10.3855/jidc.8410
dc.identifier1972-2680
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8898776
dc.descriptionIntroduction: The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with Giardia intestinalisinfection, verifying its impact on the nutritional status of children in northeastern Brazil. Methodology:A cross-sectional study was conducted to obtain parasitological, sociodemographic, and anthropometric data in two municipalities in the states of Piauí and Ceará, northeastern Brazil. Results: Prevalence of giardiasis was 55/511 (10.8%). G. intestinaliswas more frequent in people living in poverty (30/209 [14.4%], p = 0.041), performing open evacuation (26/173 [15%], p = 0.034), and drinking rainwater stored in cisterns (9/56 [16.1%], p = 0.005). The proportion of stunting and being underweight in children infected with G. intestinaliswas significantly higher than that in uninfected children (5/23 [21.7%] vs. 10/179 [5.6%], p = 0.017, OR = 4.69, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.44–15.25 and 5/23 [21.7%] vs. 13/179 [7.3%], p = 0.038, OR = 3.54, 95% CI = 1.13–11.09, respectively). Infection with G. intestinalisremained significantly associated with stunting and being underweight after adjustment for poverty, municipality, sex, and age in a logistic regression multivariate model. Conclusions: In rural areas in northeastern Brazil, giardiasis has acquired great public health importance in the soil-transmitted helminths control era, impacting the nutritional status of children and requiring new approaches to diagnosis and treatment and translational research that could generate applicable solutions at the community level.
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dc.languageeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectBrasil
dc.subjectPobreza
dc.subjectParasitos intestinais
dc.subjectNordeste do Brasil
dc.subjectEstado nutricional
dc.subjectGiardia intestinalis
dc.subjectGiardia intestinalis
dc.subjectNutritional status
dc.subjectIntestinal parasites
dc.subjectNortheastern Brazil
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.titleGiardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil
dc.typeArticle


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