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dc.creatorFarthing, Michael J. G.
dc.creatorMata Jiménez, Leonardo
dc.creatorUrrutia, Juan José
dc.creatorKronmal, Richard A.
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-04T18:15:51Z
dc.date.available2016-01-04T18:15:51Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.identifier.isbn9781483140742
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10669/15386
dc.descriptionArtículo científico -- Universidad de Costa Rica. Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud, 1986es_ES
dc.description.abstractChronic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract may impair physical growth during infancy and childhood. Growth retardation has been particularly well documented in children with Crohn's disease and coeliac disease in which growth retardation may occur in the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms. Recurrent and persistent infection in infancy and childhood is also associated with growth retardation, the major offenders being infections of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. The pathogenic mechanisms of growth disturbance in chronic disease are poorly understood. Possible candidates include reduced dietary intake as a result of anorexia, food withholding following cultural practice or physician's advice and increased energy expenditure associated with fever and infection. Nutritional deprivation due to intestinal malabsorption is probably a less important factor in inflammatory bowel disease but may be more relevant in coeliac disease and infective disorders of the intestine. Although Giardia is now an established intestinal pathogen its relationship to child growth and development has not been clearly defined. However, giardiasis (1) frequently affects infants and children; (2) is known to cause morphological damage of the small intestine and malabsorption of a variety of nutrients 15 ; (3) is not always a self-limiting infection and may persist for many weeks or months; (4) has been shown to impair physical growth in some individuals with Giardia infection. There is, however, very little population-based data on the effect of Giardia infection on physical growth during infancy and childhood and thus the impact of this parasite at a community level is largely unknown. The parasite may be excreted by apparently asymptomatic individuals and thus before widespread strategies for the control of this infection are introduced the extent of its clinical impact must be established.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversidad de Costa Rica. Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud.es_ES
dc.language.isoen_USes_ES
dc.sourceDiarrhoea and Malnutrition in Childhood. Walker-Smith, J.A. & McNeish, A.S. (eds.), Butterworths, London: 68-78es_ES
dc.subjectintestinal malabsorptiones_ES
dc.subjectintestinal pathogenes_ES
dc.subjecthealth childrenes_ES
dc.subjectChild developmentes_ES
dc.subjectPublic healthes_ES
dc.titleGiardiasis: Impact on child growthes_ES
dc.typecapítulo de libro
dc.description.procedenceUCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias de la Salud::Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud (INISA)es_ES


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