Definitions
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- noun Any of several
parasitic protozoa , of the genusGiardia , that can cause intestinal symptoms
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Examples
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Unlike relatively simple agents like bacteria or viruses that cause diseases, Giardia lamblia is a protozoan.
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These complex, single-cell organisms tend to lead complex life cycles, and G. lamblia is no exception.
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There remains virtually no river in the U.S. where drinking its water doesn't risk catching Giardia lamblia or some other nasty flagellated protozoan parasite, but here the luminous water is eminently potable.
Richard Bangs: Bosnia & Herzegovina, That Unreal Place Richard Bangs 2010
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There remains virtually no river in the U.S. where drinking its water doesn't risk catching Giardia lamblia or some other nasty flagellated protozoan parasite, but here the luminous water is eminently potable.
Richard Bangs: Bosnia & Herzegovina, That Unreal Place Richard Bangs 2010
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A 2004 outbreak in Norway occurred after one town's public drinking water was contaminated with the Giardia lamblia parasite; 58 people diagnosed with what is called post-infectious fatigue syndrome are being followed there.
The Puzzle of Chronic Fatigue Amy Dockser Marcus 2011
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The test revealed infection with a parasite called Giardia lamblia, a condition called giardiasis.
Intestinal Parasites May Be Causing Your Energy Slump M.D. Leo Galland 2011
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The test revealed infection with a parasite called Giardia lamblia, a condition called giardiasis.
Intestinal Parasites May Be Causing Your Energy Slump M.D. Leo Galland 2011
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Techniques used include culture from a wide variety of specimens, special stains, direct antigen detection (Group A streptococci, Cryptosporidium, Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis), molecular real-time PCR diagnostics, and toxin assays (Clostridium difficile and enterohemorrhagic E. coli).
Microbiology Lab 2010
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It is in this context that the recently-completed genome of the parasitic organism Giardia lamblia enters the fray.
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Continue reading “Giardia lamblia, polyadenylation, and irreducible complexity”.
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