TY - JOUR
T1 - Endemic Giardiasis in New Hampshire
T2 - A Case-Control Study of Environmental Risks
AU - Dennis, David T.
AU - Smith, Robert P.
AU - Welch, Joyce J.
AU - Chute, Christopher G.
AU - Anderson, Barbara
AU - Herndon, Joy L.
AU - von Reyn, C. Fordham
AU - Dennis, David T.
AU - Smith, Robert P.
AU - Welch, Joyce J.
AU - Chute, Christopher G.
AU - Anderson, Barbara
AU - Herndon, Joy L.
AU - von Reyn, C. Fordham
AU - Dennis, David T.
AU - Smith, Robert P.
AU - Welch, Joyce J.
AU - Chute, Christopher G.
AU - Anderson, Barbara
AU - Herndon, Joy L.
AU - von Reyn, C. Fordham
AU - Dennis, David T.
AU - Smith, Robert P.
AU - Welch, Joyce J.
AU - Chute, Christopher G.
AU - Anderson, Barbara
AU - Herndon, Joy L.
AU - von Reyn, C. Fordham
AU - Dennis, David T.
AU - Smith, Robert P.
AU - Welch, Joyce J.
AU - Chute, Christopher G.
AU - Anderson, Barbara
AU - Herndon, Joy L.
AU - von Reyn, C. Fordham
AU - Dennis, David T.
AU - Smith, Robert P.
AU - Welch, Joyce J.
AU - Chute, Christopher G.
AU - Anderson, Barbara
AU - Herndon, Joy L.
AU - von Reyn, C. Fordham
PY - 1993/6
Y1 - 1993/6
N2 - Giardiasis is the most frequently reported diarrheal disease in northern New England. A casecontrol study of endemic giardiasis and environmental risk factors among residents of New Hampshire involved 273 cases from the state’s 1984 disease registry and 375 controls. Giardiasis was associated with a shallow dug well as a residential water source (odds ratio [OR] = 2.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-47.0), a recent history of drinking untreated surface water (OR = 3.4; CI, 2.1-5.5), a history of swimming in a lake or pond (OR = 4.6; CI, 2.4-86.0) or swimming in any natural body of fresh water (OR = 4.0; CI, 2.3-70.0), contact with a person thought to have giardiasis (OR = 2.3; CI, 1.4-36.0), and recent contact with a child in day care (OR = 1.5; CI, 1.0-2.1). Multivariate modeling supported these associations. Shallow wells, relatively common in New Hampshire, have not previously been established as important sources of giardiasis.
AB - Giardiasis is the most frequently reported diarrheal disease in northern New England. A casecontrol study of endemic giardiasis and environmental risk factors among residents of New Hampshire involved 273 cases from the state’s 1984 disease registry and 375 controls. Giardiasis was associated with a shallow dug well as a residential water source (odds ratio [OR] = 2.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-47.0), a recent history of drinking untreated surface water (OR = 3.4; CI, 2.1-5.5), a history of swimming in a lake or pond (OR = 4.6; CI, 2.4-86.0) or swimming in any natural body of fresh water (OR = 4.0; CI, 2.3-70.0), contact with a person thought to have giardiasis (OR = 2.3; CI, 1.4-36.0), and recent contact with a child in day care (OR = 1.5; CI, 1.0-2.1). Multivariate modeling supported these associations. Shallow wells, relatively common in New Hampshire, have not previously been established as important sources of giardiasis.
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U2 - 10.1093/infdis/167.6.1391
DO - 10.1093/infdis/167.6.1391
M3 - Article
C2 - 8501329
AN - SCOPUS:0027173982
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 167
SP - 1391
EP - 1395
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 6
ER -