High Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage B Infection and Association with Underweight in Rwandan Children

Ralf Ignatius; Jean Bosco Gahutu; Christian Klotz; Christian Steininger; Cyprien Shyirambere; Michel Lyng; Andre Musemakweri; Toni Aebischer; Peter Martus; Gundel Harms; Frank P. Mockenhaupt

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001677

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High Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage B Infection and Association with Underweight in Rwandan Children

Ralf Ignatius ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ralf Ignatius, Jean Bosco Gahutu

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Jean Bosco Gahutu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ralf Ignatius, Jean Bosco Gahutu

Affiliation University Teaching Hospital of Butare, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda
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Christian Klotz,

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institute, Department of Mycology and Parasitology, Berlin, Germany
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Christian Steininger,

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Cyprien Shyirambere,

Affiliation University Teaching Hospital of Butare, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda
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Michel Lyng,

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Andre Musemakweri,

Affiliation University Teaching Hospital of Butare, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda
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Toni Aebischer,

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institute, Department of Mycology and Parasitology, Berlin, Germany
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Peter Martus,

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biometry, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
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Gundel Harms,

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Frank P. Mockenhaupt

* E-mail: frank.mockenhaupt@charite.de

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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High Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage B Infection and Association with Underweight in Rwandan Children

Ralf Ignatius,
Jean Bosco Gahutu,
Christian Klotz,
Christian Steininger,
Cyprien Shyirambere,
Michel Lyng,
Andre Musemakweri,
Toni Aebischer,
Peter Martus,
Gundel Harms

Published: June 12, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001677

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