| giardiasis in kindergartens: prevalence study in berlin, germany, 2006. | in germany, an increase of notified giardiasis was observed between 2002 (n = 3,101) and 2007 (n = 3,651) with 62% of cases acquired in germany. the highest incidence was reported in 1- to 5-year-olds (2001-2007, 11.5/100,000 on average) and berlin is one of the most affected states (17.5/100,000). we performed a cross-sectional study in five berlin kindergartens differing in socioeconomic status and migrant proportion in order to estimate the prevalence and investigate routes of transmission am ... | 2009 | 19404678 |