Kopel E, Grotto I, Grossman T, Haklai Z, Marva E, Anis E. Long-Term Predictors of Recurrent Laboratory-Confirmed Giardiasis: A 10-Year National Surveillance Study.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2014;
3:343-6. [PMID:
26625455 DOI:
10.1093/jpids/piu009]
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Abstract
During 2002 to 2011, 275 of 6828 children with giardiasis in Israel were reported with recurrent, over 6 months apart, episodes. The only significant multivariable-adjusted risk predictor of a recurrent episode was non-Jewish ethnicity (hazard ratio, 4.61 [95% confidence interval, 3.32-6.40]; P < .001), also accompanied by significant interaction with lower maternal education.
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