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Giardiasis, one of the most important parasitic diseases in the world


Authors: E. Pernicová
Authors‘ workplace: Centra očkování a cestovní medicíny Avenier a. s., Netroufalky 797/5, Brno Vedoucí lékař: MUDr. Eva Pernicová, MBA ;  Ústav ochrany a podpory zdraví LF Masarykovy univerzity, Brno Přednosta: Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph. D.
Published in: Prakt. Lék. 2022; 102(3): 122-124
Category: Reviews

Overview

Giardia lamblia, a parasitic agent causing acute and chronic diarrhea both in children and adults, is named after a Czech physician and scientist Vilém Dušan Lambl who first described its morphological characteristics. Giardiasis is a widespread disease, its incidence is significantly higher in low-income countries. An infected individual sheds this pathogen in the feces in the form of a cyst that is resistant to environmental conditions. The parasites are then spread through contaminated water, food, soil, or direct contact and cause a variety of clinical manifestations after the cyst develops into an active form, trophozoite, in the intestine of a host.

Keywords:

cyst – Diarrhea – Giardia lamblia – parasite – trophozoite – antiparasitics


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