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    people worldwide with symptomatic cases of giardiasis. The World Health Organization classifies giardiasis as a neglected disease. It is popularly known...
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    known as giardiasis. The parasite attaches to the intestinal epithelium by an adhesive disc or sucker, and reproduces via binary fission. Giardiasis does...
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    reproduce in the small intestines of several vertebrates, causing the disease giardiasis. Their life cycle alternates between a swimming trophozoite and an infective...
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    endocarditis, and bacterial vaginosis. It is effective for dracunculiasis, giardiasis, trichomoniasis, and amebiasis. It is an option for a first episode of...
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    include targeting giardiasis, where mepacrine is indicated as a primary agent for patients with metronidazole-resistant giardiasis and patients who should...
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  • warts that are hard to treat. Though not commonly classified as an STI, giardiasis can be transmitted between gay men, and it can be responsible for severe...
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  • four months after her death. In early 1987, O'Rourke became ill with giardiasis, which she contracted from well water at her family's home in Big Bear...
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    peritonitis Leukemia virus Lower urinary tract disease Panleukopenia Giardiasis Polydactyly Rabies Ringworm Tritrichomonas foetus Roundworm Skin disorders...
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    which causes tularemia; the protozoan Giardia duodenalis, which causes giardiasis (beaver fever); and the beaver beetle and mites of the genus Schizocarpus...
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    H. pylori infections in children. Furazolidone has also been used for giardiasis (due to Giardia lamblia), amoebiasis, and shigellosis, also though it...
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    caused by protozoa has been proposed. Protozoan infection Babesiosis Giardiasis Baron, S. (1996), Baron, Samuel (ed.), "Introduction to Parasitology"...
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    Hepatitis B Herpes HIV (1.7%) HPV Syphilis (1.4%) Hepatitis C Anilingus Amoebiasis Cryptosporidiosis (1%) Giardiasis Hepatitis A(1%) Shigellosis (1%) HPV (1%)...
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  • act as pathogenic parasites to cause diseases like malaria, amoebiasis, giardiasis, toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidiosis, trichomoniasis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis...
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    examine the lower gastrointestinal tract. Cholera Enteric duplication cyst Giardiasis Pancreatitis Peptic ulcer disease Yellow fever Helicobacter pylori is...
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    campylobacteriosis, mycobacteriosis (avian tuberculosis), avian influenza (bird flu), giardiasis, and cryptosporidiosis over long distances. Some of these are zoonotic...
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    treat COPD), and other drugs. Bronchospasms can present as a sign of giardiasis. Some factors that contribute to bronchospasm include consuming certain...
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    Diverticulitis Eosinophilic gastroenteritis Fasciolosis Gastroparesis Giardiasis Hookworm disease Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative...
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    in lamina propria Section of duodenum of cat. X 60 Micrograph showing giardiasis on a duodenal biopsy (H&E stain) Duodenum with brush border (microvillus)...
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    in the lumen (foreign bodies, bezoar, gallstones) Infectious diseases Giardiasis Ascariasis Tropical sprue Tape worm (Diphyllobothrium latum, Taenia solium...
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    of which are parasitic. They include Giardia duodenalis, which causes giardiasis in humans. They are placed among the metamonads, and appear to be particularly...
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    peritonitis Leukemia virus Lower urinary tract disease Panleukopenia Giardiasis Polydactyly Rabies Ringworm Tritrichomonas foetus Roundworm Skin disorders...
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    mucus coating. Yellowing of feces can be caused by an infection known as giardiasis, which derives its name from Giardia, an anaerobic flagellated protozoan...
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    bowel disease, thyroid disorders (hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism), and giardiasis can all feature abnormal defecation and abdominal pain. Less common causes...
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    nitazoxanide do not significantly differ from a placebo treatment for giardiasis; these symptoms include stomach pain, headache, upset stomach, vomiting...
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    are idiopathic disorders that the Rome process has helped to define. Giardiasis is a disease of the small intestine caused by a protist parasite Giardia...
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    Robertson, LJ, Franco, RM, Hanevik, K, Mørch, K, Cimerman, S (October 2010). "Giardiasis: the ever-present threat of a neglected disease". Infectious Disorders...
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  • These include celiac disease, bacterial overgrowth, tropical sprue, giardiasis (a protozoan parasite infection), Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, short bowel...
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    taeniasis, clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, cutaneous larva migrans, giardiasis, and gnathostomiasis, among other diseases. Common side effects include...
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    gastroenteritis Entameba histolytica (amoebiasis / amoebic dysentery) Giardia (giardiasis) Cryptosporidium (cryptosporidiosis) Toxoplasma gondii (toxoplasmosis)...
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    micro-organisms varies, at 70 °C (158 °F), Giardia species (which cause giardiasis) can take ten minutes for complete inactivation, most intestine affecting...
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