"Giardia lamblia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic EUKARYOTES that attaches itself to the intestinal mucosa and feeds on mucous secretions. The organism is roughly pear-shaped and motility is somewhat erratic, with a slow oscillation about the long axis.
Concept/Terms
Giardia lamblia- Giardia lamblia
- Giardia lamblias
- Lamblia intestinalis
- Giardia duodenalis
- Giardia intestinalis
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Giardia lamblia" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Giardia lamblia" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Giardia lamblia" by people in Profiles.
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Giardia lamblia infections in children in Ghana. Pan Afr Med J. 2016; 24:217.
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Coordinated Changes in Gene Expression Throughout Encystation of Giardia intestinalis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Mar; 10(3):e0004571.
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Induction of virulence factors in Giardia duodenalis independent of host attachment. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 12; 6:20765.
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Is real-time PCR-based diagnosis similar in performance to routine parasitological examination for the identification of Giardia intestinalis, Cryptosporidium parvum/Cryptosporidium hominis and Entamoeba histolytica from stool samples? Evaluation of a new commercial multiplex PCR assay and literature review. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 Feb; 22(2):190.e1-190.e8.
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Three-dimensional structure of a protozoal double-stranded RNA virus that infects the enteric pathogen Giardia lamblia. J Virol. 2015 Jan 15; 89(2):1182-94.
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Enteric parasites and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in children from Cañazas County, Veraguas Province, Panama. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Aug; 91(2):267-72.
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Parasite infection and tuberculosis disease among children: a case-control study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb; 90(2):279-82.
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Automated three-dimensional detection and classification of living organisms using digital holographic microscopy with partial spatial coherent source: application to the monitoring of drinking water resources. Appl Opt. 2013 Jan 01; 52(1):A68-80.
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Genome sequencing of Giardia lamblia genotypes A2 and B isolates (DH and GS) and comparative analysis with the genomes of genotypes A1 and E (WB and Pig). Genome Biol Evol. 2013; 5(12):2498-511.
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Evaluation of drugs and stationary growth on the cell cycle of Giardia intestinalis. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2013 Jan; 187(1):72-6.