What is Giardia? A Basic Definition

giardia
     n : a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans

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Off-site Giardia Links, User Submitted

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Mon Jul 7

• Yosemite Association - Nature Notes - Giardia: About giardia

Wed May 21

• Drinking Water Cryptosporidiu m and Giardia lamblia: Cryptosporidiu m and Giardia lamblia You may have heard in the news about Cryptosporidio sis and Giardiasis outbreaks in a number of regions within the United Kingdom.

Mon May 19

• Parasites: Giardia and Cryptosporidiu m: Giardia and Cryptosporidiu m are both microscopic animals called protozoa. Although Cryptosporidiu m was first named in 1910, it was not known to cause human infection until 1976. Giardia, on the other hand, was first discovered by Antony van Leeuwenhoek
• ES&E Jan 1997: How giardia and cryptosporidiu m in drinking water can affect human health: Giardia and Cryptosporidiu m are microscopic parasites that can be found in water. Giardia causes an intestinal illness called giardiasis or "beaver fever". Cryptosporidiu m is responsible&am p;lt;sep/& gt;
• Cells on Parade: The American Society for Cell Biology San Francisco, CA December 13-17, 2003 -- Wells and LeBrasseur 164 (4): 480 -- The Journal of Cell Biology

Wed Apr 16

• Surface plasmon resonance (old edit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: ligand-binding issues with the technique

Tue Apr 15

• Giardiasis Surveillan ce --- United States, 2003--2005
• Giardiasis Surveillance --- United States, 1998--2002

Sun Mar 9

• PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Tonic Shock Induces Detachment of Giardia lamblia: my paper on giardia detachment under tonic shock

Tue Feb 26

• Effect Measure : Life's a (contaminated) beach: Yuck! Don't trust the beach staying open.

Sun Feb 10

• US FDA/CFSAN - Bad Bug Book - Giardia lamblia

Wed Jan 30

• Giardia Lab Blog

Tue Jan 29

• Transcription in Giardia
• Pucciarelli - Chaperonin, actin
• Microfilament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Expression of Giardia CWP2 in Lactococcus lactis
• General Giardia site - a few worldwide numbers
• Deoxyribonucle ase I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sun Nov 25

• giardia1.jpg (JPEG Image, 720x720 pixels)
• giardiasis.jpg (JPEG Image, 2400x3150 pixels) - Scaled (28%)

Off-site Giardia Research Links

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