| Title |
Giardia lamblia: a major parasitic cause of childhood diarrhoea in patients attending a district hospital in Ghana
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-4-163 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bernard Nkrumah, Samuel Blay Nguah |
| Abstract |
Acute childhood diarrhoea remains one of the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The WHO has accordingly underlined the need for epidemiological surveys of infantile diarrhoea in all geographical areas. This study was conducted to determine the incidence of intestinal parasites among stool samples from children examined at a secondary health care facility in a rural area of Ghana. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 152 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 10% |
| Researcher | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 29 | 19% |
| Unknown | 30 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 28 | 18% |
| Unknown | 35 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
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