| from good health to illness with post-infectious fatigue syndrome: a qualitative study of adults' experiences of the illness trajectory. | municipal drinking water contaminated with the parasite giardia lamblia in bergen, norway, in 2004 caused an outbreak of gastrointestinal infection in 2500 people, according to the norwegian prescription database. in the aftermath a minor group subsequently developed post-infectious fatigue syndrome (pifs). persons in this minor group had laboratory-confirmed parasites in their stool samples, and their enteritis had been cured by one or more courses of antibiotic treatment. the study's purpose w ... | 2017 | 28347294 |
| occurrence of cryptosporidium oocysts and giardia cysts in sewage in norway. | samples of sewage influent from 40 sewage treatment works (stw) throughout norway were examined for cryptosporidium oocysts and giardia duodenalis cysts. both parasites were detected frequently (80% of stw were cryptosporidium positive; 93% of stw were giardia positive) and at maximum concentrations of > 20,000 parasites/liter. the data suggest giardiasis is more widespread, and/or occurs with greater infection intensity, than cryptosporidiosis in norway. stw serving higher person equivalents we ... | 2006 | 16885279 |