Publications

role of the employment status and education of mothers in the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in mexican rural schoolchildren.	intestinal parasitic infections are a public health problem in developing countries such as mexico. as a result, two governmental programmes have been implemented: a) "national deworming campaign" and b) "opportunities" aimed at maternal care. however, both programmes are developed separately and their impact is still unknown. we independently investigated whether a variety of socio-economic factors, including maternal education and employment levels, were associated with intestinal parasite inf ...	2006	16956417
frequency of giardia intestinalis assemblages isolated from dogs and humans in a community from culiacan, sinaloa, mexico using beta-giardin restriction gene.	the assemblage of 37 giardia intestinalis samples was determined, 19 obtained from puppy feces, 12 from stools of different human subjects under 3 years of age and 6 from axenic culture. the assemblages were classified according to the restriction pattern of beta-giardin gene with hae iii enzyme. results showed that dog assemblages were grouped ai (52.6%) and aii (47.4%), while 41.7% human samples belonged to genotype ai and 58.3% to genotype aii. all axenic cultures belonged to assemblage ai; t ...	2008	18617331
reponse to comment on article by eligio-garcia et al. frequency of giardia intestinalis assemblages isolated from dogs and humans in a community from culiacan, sinaloa, mexico using b-giardin restriction gene.		2009	19162404
giardia duodenalis genotypes among schoolchildren and their families and pets in urban and rural areas of sinaloa, mexico.	giardiasis is a human health concern worldwide, especially among schoolchildren. giardia duodenalis genotypes a and b are infective to humans, but their zoonotic potential remains controversial. in mexico, the most prevalent genotype is a, but b was also detected in southeastern mexico. in sinaloa state, northwestern mexico, giardiasis is highly prevalent, but giardia genotypes have been poorly studied.	2017	28248680