Jorge Botero-Garcés|Gisela García-Montoya|Dayvin Grisales-Patiño|Daniel Camilo Aguirre?Acevedo|Martha C. Álvarez-Uribe
Giardia intestinalis and nutritional status in children participating in the complementary nutrition program, Antioquia, Colombia, May to October 2006
Universidad de Antioquia|Universidad de Antioquia|Universidad de Antioquia|Universidad de Antioquia|Universidad de Antioquia
giardia intestinalis infection prevalent throughout world widely distributed developing countries general children display serious consequences state health including slow heightweight development therefore main aim study determine association giardia infection nutritional status children participate program complementary feeding mejoramiento alimentario nutricional de antioquia mana instituto colombiano de bienestar familiar icbf crosssectional study examining association giardiasis nutritional status conducted total 2035 children aged eight months six yearsold studied data collected using structured questionnaires anthropometric measurements laboratory analysis blood stool samples analysis results showed 276 children infected g intestinalis 81 19 mildly significantly underweight respectively 141 presented stunting giardiasis statistically identified strong predictor stunting study population