Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade, Luther A. Bartelt, James A Platts-Mills, Jessica C. Seidman et al.
BACKGROUND.: Giardia are among the most common enteropathogens detected in children in low-resource settings. We describe here the epidemiology of infection with Giardia in the first 2 years of life in the Etiology, Risk Factors, and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Conseq...
Jeffrey R. Donowitz, Masud Alam, Mamun Kabir, Z. Jennie et al.
BACKGROUND: Growth stunting in children under 2 years of age in low-income countries is common. Giardia is a ubiquitous pathogen in this age group but studies investigating Giardia's effect on both growth and diarrhea have produced conflicting results. METHODS: We conducted a prospective longitudina...
Natasa Giallourou, Jason W. Arnold, Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade, Muyiwa Awoniyi et al.
Giardia lamblia (Giardia) is among the most common intestinal pathogens in children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although Giardia associates with early-life linear growth restriction, mechanistic explanations for Giardia-associated growth impairments remain elusive. Unlike other inte...