This work was supported by funds from MicroAquaTech,Massey University,Royal Society Te Aparangi Grant RDF-MAU170;New Zealand Ministry of Health Contract Number 355766-02;The Percival Carmine Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health.
Background:Giardia intestinalis is one of the most common causes of diarrhoea worldwide. Molecular techniques have greatly improved our understanding of the taxonomy and epidemiology of this parasite. Co-infection wit...
Objective:To assess the antidiarrheal effects of Terfezia claveryi methanolic extract against Escherichia coli,Salmonella typhimurium,Shigella flexneri,and Giardia lamblia.Methods:Antibacterial effects of the Terfezia...
Objective:To compare the genotype frequencies of HLA class-ⅡDRB1 alleles in Giardia(G.)lamblia-infected children.Methods:A total of 490 Egyptian children aged 2-16 years were subjected to microscopic stool examinatio...
financially supported by Immunology Research Center,Tabriz University of Medical Sciences,Tabriz,Iran;the master’s thesis of the first author(Thesis No.93/2-4/12)
Objective:To identify the frequencies(F) of ferredoxin and nitroreductase mutations were identified on Iranian clinical isolates of Giardia lamblia in order to predict whether the nitazoxanide can be prescribed as sui...
Supported by Grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(individual operating and CREATE),the France-Canada Research Fund;the"Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche",French Ministry of Secondary Education and Research
Giardiasis is the most common waterborne parasitic infection of the human intestine worldwide.The etiological agent,Giardia duodenalis(syn.G.intestinalis,G.lamblia),is a flagellated,binucleated protozoan parasite whic...
The case of a 52-year-old woman with a past history of thymoma resection who presented with chronic diarrhea and generalized edema is the focal point of this article.A diagnosis of Giardia lamblia infection was establ...
AIM: To compare the efficacy and safety of five days apostrophe therapy of mebendazole (MBZ) versus quinacrine (QC) on human giardiasis in children.METHODS: A clinical trial was carried out in paediatric patien...
AIM: To evaluate the prevalence of Giardia lamblia (G. lamblia) infection in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and dyspepsia and to establish which is the most accurate test to diagnose the infection i...