Giardia lamblia, one of the most common human parasites in the United States, causes more than 20,000 intestinal infections a year, often through contact with contaminated drinking or swimming water.

Years ago, I worked for a hunting guide on a river in the middle of Alaska. One of my duties was to drive a motorized canoe full of moose meat upstream to a gravel bar where he could fly it out. When ...

Giardia lamblia is a strange-looking parasite that swims in the gut, spreads through stool, persists in contaminated water, and is responsible for more than 20,000 reported infections a year in the ...

Few things ruin memories of a good camping or backpacking trip than developing abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, or fever upon returning home. Perhaps resulting from drinking contaminated water from ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay was developed to quantify the number of Giardia sp. trophozoites attached to a substratum. Trophozoites ...

Giardia lamblia is a flagellated protistan parasite that is responsible for widespread gastrointestinal infections. Its success as a pathogen is intricately linked to a unique array of cytoskeletal ...

You can wash your hands with soap and water to prevent the parasite Giardia from spreading. Do not swallow water from pools, lakes, or rivers to avoid Giardia infection. Giardia can spread for weeks ...

Frances D. Gillin, Per Hagblom, Julia Harwood, Stephen B. Aley, David S. Reiner, Michael McCaffery, Magdalene So and Donald G. Guiney To study the interactions between the parasitic protozoan Giardia ...

Giardiasis can be diagnosed with the help of stool examination or by examination of the duodenal contents. The diagnosis of giardiasis can be done with the help of- String test- The patient swallows a ...

Does your dog often suffer from diarrhoea, perhaps to the point that it is unable to control where and when it does its business? Does your dog suffer from smelly flatulence and a grumbling belly? If ...