Bégin P, Leclerc G
Can Fam Physician. 1983 Nov;29:2083-5.
Giardiasis has recently been added to the list of infectious diseases whose transmission is favoured by day care centers. This article discusses an epidemic that occurred in a Outremont day care center where the systematic search for parasites in the stool has identified 19 cases of Giardia lamblia in a group of 82 persons at risk, and three additional cases in their families. Sixty-eight percent of the identified cases were asymptomatic. The dissemination process throughout the day care center and the families strongly suggests a person to person transmission. The systematic treatment of all the known carriers seems to have controlled the epidemic. Given the epidemiological date available, control measures against Giardia lamblia in day care centers are recommended.
贾第虫病最近被列入了日托中心易传播的传染病名单。本文讨论了在奥特蒙特一个日托中心发生的疫情，在那里对一组82名有感染风险的人员进行粪便寄生虫系统筛查时，发现了19例蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫病例，其家庭成员中又发现了3例。已确诊病例中有68%无症状。疫情在整个日托中心及家庭中的传播过程强烈表明是人际传播。对所有已知携带者进行系统治疗似乎已控制住了疫情。鉴于现有流行病学数据，建议对日托中心采取针对蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫的控制措施。
