What is the likelihood of my child having parasites when she or he comes home?
• We published a study in 2001 looking at 504 children we evaluated over a two year period (1997-98). We found intestinal parasites in a little over one-quarter of the children (26%). Most commonly, it is a microscopic parasite called Giardia lamblia, which we found in 19% of those tested. Curative antibiotic treatment exists for all of the parasites.
