| Author | Nunes, Beatriz Coronato | |
| Author | Calegar, Deiviane Aparecida | |
| Author | Monteiro, Kerla Joeline Lima | |
| Author | Jaeger, Lauren Hubert | |
| Author | Reis, Elis Regina Chaves | |
| Author | Xavier, Samanta Cristina das Chagas | |
| Author | Carpp, Lindsay Nicole | |
| Author | Lima, Marli Maria | |
| Author | Bóia, Márcio Neves | |
| Author | Costa, Filipe Anibal Carvalho | |
| Access date | 2017-11-16T09:48:35Z | |
| Available date | 2017-11-16T09:48:35Z | |
| Document date | 2017 | |
| Citation | NUNES, 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. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 2036-6590 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/23192 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Brasil | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Pobreza | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Parasitos intestinais | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Nordeste do Brasil | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Estado nutricional | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Giardia intestinalis | pt_BR |
| Title | Giardia intestinalis infection associated with malnutrition in children living in northeastern Brazil | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | pt_BR |
| DOI | 10.3855/jidc.8410 | pt_BR |
| Abstract | Introduction: 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. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Sistemática Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Sistemática Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Sistemática Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Sistemática Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Escritório Municipal de Saúde Nossa Senhora de Nazaré. Coordenação de Cuidados de Saúde Primária. Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia dos Tripanossomatídeos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Seattle, WA, USA. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Eco-Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Sistemática Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional no Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Giardia intestinalis | pt_BR |
| Subject | Nutritional status | pt_BR |
| Subject | Intestinal parasites | pt_BR |
| Subject | Northeastern Brazil | pt_BR |
| Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |
| Subject | Poverty | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 1972-2680 | |
