Author's response to reviews Title: Characteristics and risk factors for symptomatic Giardia lamblia infections in Germany Authors:

Characteristics and risk factors for symptomatic Giardia lamblia infections in Germany

BACKGROUND In developed countries, giardiasis is considered a travel related disease. However, routine surveillance data from Germany indicate that >50% of infections were acquired indigenously. We studied the epidemiological characteristics of symptomatic Giardia infections acquired in Germany and abroad, and verified the proportion of cases acquired in Germany in order to investigate risk fac...

Author ' s response to reviews Title : Development of functional gastrointestinal disorders after Giardia lamblia infection

Author's response to reviews Title: Risk of Latent TB infection in individuals employed in the health care sector in Germany: a multi center prevalence study Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk factors: a multilevel analysis of nine cities in the Czech Republic and Germany Authors:

(response rates, risk factors) The response rates are included and the risk factors are named (association) We replaced ‘influence’ by ‘association’

Detection of Giardia lamblia Cysts in Surface Waters of Rasht City, Iran

Introduction: Giardia lamblia is a protozoan parasite with universal distribution in human populations. This infections transfer to human via contaminated foods and waters with Giardia cysts. The Knowledge on the incidence of this agent in the potential infection sources can provide valuable information for control and the spread of this parasite to human communities. This study was aimed to is...