TY - JOUR
T1 - Enteric parasites and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in children from Cañazas County, Veraguas Province, Panama
AU - Gutiérrez, Elena Jiménez
AU - Pineda, Vanessa
AU - Calzada, Jose E.
AU - Guerrant, Richard L.
AU - Neto, Jones B.Lima
AU - Pinkerton, Relana C.
AU - Saldaña, Azael
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - This study was designed to examine the height-for-Age z-scores (HAZ), and the prevalence of intestinal inflammation, gastrointestinal infections with parasites, and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) in rural Panamanian children. Stool microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for EAEC detected Giardia lamblia (32%, 32 of 100) and EAEC (13%, 11 of 87) in the study participants, respectively. Anthropometric analyses showed that those children who were > 12 months of age had lower HAZ scores (mean of-1.449) than the reference population. As a group, the children in the study 1 to 5 years of age did not show recovery from the previously mentioned decline in terms of their HAZ. The HAZ means of the children infected with G. lamblia, EAEC, and Ascaris lumbricoides were-1.49,-1.67, and-2.11, respectively. Furthermore, the study participants with A. lumbricoides and EAEC infections in the presence of lactoferrin showed another decrease of 0.19 and 0.13, respectively, in their HAZ means.
AB - This study was designed to examine the height-for-Age z-scores (HAZ), and the prevalence of intestinal inflammation, gastrointestinal infections with parasites, and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) in rural Panamanian children. Stool microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for EAEC detected Giardia lamblia (32%, 32 of 100) and EAEC (13%, 11 of 87) in the study participants, respectively. Anthropometric analyses showed that those children who were > 12 months of age had lower HAZ scores (mean of-1.449) than the reference population. As a group, the children in the study 1 to 5 years of age did not show recovery from the previously mentioned decline in terms of their HAZ. The HAZ means of the children infected with G. lamblia, EAEC, and Ascaris lumbricoides were-1.49,-1.67, and-2.11, respectively. Furthermore, the study participants with A. lumbricoides and EAEC infections in the presence of lactoferrin showed another decrease of 0.19 and 0.13, respectively, in their HAZ means.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0438
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0438
M3 - Article
C2 - 24980494
AN - SCOPUS:84907276800
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 91
SP - 267
EP - 272
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 2
ER -