"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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| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Giardia lamblia" by people in Profiles.
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First report of Giardia duodenalis and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) in China. Parasit Vectors. 2018 03 26; 11(1):204.
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First identification and multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in pet chipmunks (Eutamias asiaticus) in Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Parasit Vectors. 2018 03 20; 11(1):199.
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of Giardia intestinalis in racehorses from the Sichuan province of southwestern China. PLoS One. 2017; 12(12):e0189728.
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Multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in captive non-human primates in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, Southwestern China. PLoS One. 2017; 12(9):e0184913.
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Detection and multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in dogs in Sichuan province, China. Parasite. 2017; 24:31.
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Presence of zoonotic Cryptosporidium scrofarum, Giardia duodenalis assemblage A and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in captive Eurasian wild boars (Sus scrofa) in China: potential for zoonotic transmission. Parasit Vectors. 2017 01 06; 10(1):10.
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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.