"Giardiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An infection of the SMALL INTESTINE caused by the flagellated protozoan GIARDIA. It is spread via contaminated food and water and by direct person-to-person contact.
| Descriptor ID |
D005873
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.432.481 C03.752.400 C06.405.469.452.481
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| Concept/Terms |
Giardiasis- Giardiasis
- Giardiases
- Lambliasis
- Lambliases
- Giardia Infection
- Giardia Infections
- Infection, Giardia
- Infections, Giardia
Giardia duodenalis Infection- Giardia duodenalis Infection
- Giardia duodenalis Infections
- Infection, Giardia duodenalis
- Infections, Giardia duodenalis
Giardia intestinalis Infection- Giardia intestinalis Infection
- Giardia intestinalis Infections
- Infection, Giardia intestinalis
- Infections, Giardia intestinalis
Giardia lamblia Infection- Giardia lamblia Infection
- Giardia lamblia Infections
- Infection, Giardia lamblia
- Infections, Giardia lamblia
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Giardiasis" by people in Profiles.
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Reactive Arthritis Update: Spotlight on New and Rare Infectious Agents Implicated as Pathogens. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2021 07 01; 23(7):53.
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Giardiasis reactivation during severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. Parasitol Int. 2021 02; 80:102241.
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Refractory giardiasis in medical students returning from humanitarian work abroad. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Jul - Aug; 36:101469.
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Acute fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis due to Giardia lamblia infection. Anatol J Cardiol. 2019 04; 21(5):293-294.
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Author`s Reply. Anatol J Cardiol. 2019 04; 21(5):294.
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Acute fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis due to Giardia lamblia infection presented with cardiogenic shock in a young patient. Anatol J Cardiol. 2019 Mar; 21(4):234-235.
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Molecular and descriptive epidemiology of intestinal protozoan parasites of children and their pets in Cauca, Colombia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 26; 19(1):190.
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Co-infections with Plasmodium, Ascaris and Giardia among Rwandan schoolchildren. Trop Med Int Health. 2019 04; 24(4):409-420.
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Molecular detection and genotyping of pathogenic protozoan parasites in raw and treated water samples from southwest Colombia. Parasit Vectors. 2018 Oct 26; 11(1):563.
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Preliminary Comparison of an in-House Real-Time PCR with the Automated BD Max Enteric Parasite Panel for the Detection of Giardia intestinalis. J Parasitol. 2018 12; 104(6):702-704.