Publications

caregiver perspectives for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of childhood giardiasis in havana city, cuba. a qualitative study.	although long considered a non-pathogenic protozoan, giardia lamblia is now a well recognized cause of abdominal discomfort, diarrhoea and failure-to-thrive in children. the overall prevalence of this infection in cuban population is about 7.2%; however, higher prevalences have been found among young children attending day-care centres and primary school in the country. anecdotally, clinical giardiasis is generally considered to place a large burden on both diagnostic and treatment services in c ...	2011	21565150
[risk factors for giardia lamblia infection in children in daycare centers in havana, cuba].	we conducted a longitudinal study on giardiasis in three daycare centers in havana city for a period of 18 months and described a group of children with a "predisposition" or tendency towards re-infection with giardia lamblia. this group was found to be more frequently associated with clinical symptoms such as diarrhea. a case-control study was designed to determine whether socioeconomic factors and hygiene were associated with this phenomenon. we found no differences between the groups with reg ...	2003	12764485
[intestinal parasitic infections in 4 child day-care centers located in san miguel del padrón municipality, havana city, 1998].	a coproparasitologic study was performed on 456 children aged 1-5 years from 4 day-care centers located in san miguel del padrón municipality during november 1998, with the aim of finding out the behaviour of the main intestinal parasites and particularly how giardia lamblia was affecting this child population. three fecal specimens were collected from each child in every other day, which were processed by coproparasitologic methods such as direct testing and ritchie's concentration technique. t ...	2001	15846922
longitudinal study of giardiasis in three day care centres of havana city.	the prevalence, incidence and reinfection of giardiasis were studied in 365 children attending three day care centres (dccs) in havana city. three stool samples were obtained from each child every 6 months during an 18-month period. we identified three distinct groups of children according to their patterns of infection. in the largest group (51%) children were never found infected. in the second group, they were found infected once or twice during the study period, and in the third and the smal ...	1999	10546841
[cryptosporidium sp. in children with diarrhea in cuba].	during the period from may to september 1987 stools from 200 children (aged 2 months to 4 years) with diarrhoea at children's hospital in havana city were tested for enteropathogens. three stool samples collected from each patient on alternative days were examined for cryptosporidium oocysts by direct wet mounts, concentration by the method of ritchie (formol-ether sedimentation) and by modified ziehl-neelsen staining technique. total prevalence of intestinal parasitoses was as high as 24.5%. cr ...	1989	2811747