Epidemiology and associated risk factors of giardiasis in a peri-urban setting in New South Wales Australia.

ABSTRACT: Giardiasis is one of the most important non-viral causes of human diarrhoea. Yet, little is known about the epidemiology of giardiasis in the context of developed countries such as Australia and there is a limited information about local sources of exposure to inform prevention strategies in New South Wales. This study aimed to (1) describe the epidemiology of giardiasis and (2) identify potential modifiable risk factors associated with giardiasis that are unique to south-western Sydney, Australia. A 1:2 matched case-control study of 190 confirmed giardiasis cases notified to the South-Western Local Health District Public Health Unit from January to December 2016 was employed to investigate the risk factors for giardiasis. Two groups of controls were selected to increase response rate; Per

SUBMITTER: Zajaczkowski P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6520257 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature