| Revista: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000459451 |
| ISSN: | 0074-0276 |
| Autores: | Fantinatti, Maria1 Cascais Figueredo, Tiara2 Austriaco Teixeira, Phelipe2 Carvalho Costa, Filipe Anibal2 Da Cruz, Alda Maria2 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Roraima. Brasil 2Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil 3Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Año: | 2023 |
| Volumen: | 118 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Aplicado, descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | Intestinal parasite Giardia can affect children’s physical development mainly stunting even in asymptomatic cases. The protozoa G. lamblia is divided into assemblages A-H. However, it is still unclear whether clinical manifestations and pathogenesis may vary according to the infecting assemblage. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether G. lamblia assemblages influence differently the physical development of preschoolers from a community of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS Anthropometric parameters were analysed from children attending a daycare centre and stool samples were obtained for the G. lamblia diagnosis. G. lamblia isolates from positive samples were genotyped. Data were analysed in order to verify whether there is a relationship between G. lamblia infection and the physical development of children according to the assemblage. FINDINGS Herein we demonstrated that although eutrophic, G. lamblia-infected daycare preschoolers from a low-income community presented growth delay compared to non-infected ones. This effect was observed for the three assemblages (A, B or E) found infecting humans. MAIN CONCLUSION G. lamblia causes growth delays on children independent of infecting assemblage (A, B or E) |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Parasitología, Pediatría, Giardiasis, Retraso del crecimiento, Niños, Giardia lamblia, Genotipificación |
| Keyword: | Parasitology, Pediatrics, Giardiasis, Growth retardation, Children, Giardia lamblia, Genotyping |
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