Giardia Loses Its Hold On Intestinal Tissue After 'Tonic Shock' Date: December 12, 2007 Source: American Society for Cell Biology Summary: The single-celled intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia ...

The intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia changes outfits nearly as often as a fashion model on a Parisian runway. With more than 200 protein coats in its molecular wardrobe, this troublesome ...

Some are parasitic and cause disease; in humans, the diplomonad Giardia infects the intestine and can cause diarrhea. Diplomonads have multiple flagella, two unfused haploid nuclei and reduced ...

Persistent infection with Giardia lamblia alters mucosal structures in the gut and impairs host growth in a new mouse model, with concomitant malnutrition compounding these growth decrements ...

Logsdon and colleagues ran BLAST searches on the nearly complete Giardia lamblia genome project and then conducted phylogenetic analyses on the genes they found with a Bayesian likelihood method. They ...

Giardiasis is an infection of the digestive system caused by tiny parasites known as giardia lamblia. The infection can cause symptoms such as diarrhoea, stomach cramps, flatulence and bloating ...

Officials said several dogs from various households had confirmed cases of Giardia. The parasite is most frequently discovered in water, contaminated soil, and food, according to veterinarians.

If the answer is yes, especially if your dog still eats with gusto and appears to be generally well, the culprit may be giardia, says Dr Lloyd Kenda of Valley Veterinary Centre ...

You can become ill if you swallow the Giardia parasite. Giardiasis can spread by drinking or swimming in untreated water, traveling in areas with poor sanitation, and transferring Giardia germs ...