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An image-based Pathogen Box screen identifies new compounds with anti-Giardia activity and highlights the importance of assay choice in phenotypic drug discovery

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2020
Giardia duodenalis, the most prevalent human intestinal parasite causes the disease, giardiasis. On an annual basis G. duodenalis infects ~1 billion people, of which ~280 million develop symptomatic disease.
Snigdha Tiash, Jake Saunders, Christopher J.S. Hart, John H. Ryan, Andrew G. Riches, Tina S. Skinner-Adams   +5 more
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Detection of Giardia duodenalis antigen in companion rabbits of Ahvaz district, South-West of Iran [PDF]

The Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology, 2016
Giardia duodenalis is an important zoonotic protozoon, found in the small intestine of humans and mammals. There is very little information available regarding rabbits infected with Giardia in Iran. The objective of the present study is to detect Giardia
Bahman Mosallanejad, Reza Avizeh, Mohammad Hossein Razi Jalali   +2 more
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Giardia and Cryptosporidium and public health: the epidemiological scenario from the Italian perspective [PDF]

, 2007
Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp. are protozoa that cause human and animal disease worldwide and often exhibit zoonotic transmission. This review gives ample information concerning the epidemiology of these parasites in Italy, i.e.
Berrilli, F, Brandonisio, O, Giangaspero, A   +2 more
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Efficacy of Ageratum conyzoides extracts against Giardia duodenalis trophozoites: an experimental study

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2020
Background Giardia duodenalis causes giardiasis in humans, particularly in developing countries. Despite the availability of treatments, resistance to some of the commercial anti-Giardia drugs has been reported in addition to their harmful side effects ...
Ai-rada Pintong, Jiraporn Ruangsittichai, Sumate Ampawong, Kanthinich Thima, Patchara Sriwichai, Narumon Komalamisra, Supaluk Popruk   +6 more
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Molecular Identification of Giardia duodenalis Isolates from Fars Province, Iran [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Giardia duodenalis is one of the most common human intestinal protozoan parasites worldwide and is endemic throughout the world with a vast range of mammalian hosts. The present study aimed to identify the prevalence of G.
HATAM, Gholamreza, RAYANI, Mohammad, ZASMY UNYAH, Ngah   +2 more
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Report of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) on the effects of climate change on the risk of transmission of foodborne pathogens

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 2025.
Abstract The Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has carried out an updated review of the scientific evidence on the influence of climate change on the transmission of foodborne pathogens. This global phenomenon represents an emerging threat to food safety and public health, since alterations in weather ...
Antonio Valero Díaz, Rosa María Capita González, Baltasar Mayo Pérez, Azucena del Carmen Mora Gutiérrez, María Dolores Rodrigo Aliaga, Gloria Sánchez Moragas, Paula Arrabal Durán   +6 more
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Molecular characterization and risk analysis of Giardia duodenalis assemblages in corticosteroid-treated and non-treated patients in Ismailia, Arab Republic of Egypt

Gut Pathogens
Background Giardia duodenalis (G. duodenalis) is an intestinal protozoan parasite of human and animal hosts. The present study investigated and compared the assemblages of G. duodenalis-infected faecal samples in patients on corticosteroid therapy (POCT)
Shahira Abdelaziz Ali Ahmed, Amira Bakr Mokhtar, Samar Farag Mohamed, Marwa Ibrahim Saad El-Din, Catherine O’Dowd Phanis, Stefani Kazamia, Chad Schou, Paweł Gładysz, Anna Lass, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Panagiotis Karanis, Samer Eid Mohamed Gad   +11 more
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Zoonotic assemblages A and B of Giardia duodenalis in Chiroptera from Brazilian Amazon biome

One Health
Bats are important reservoirs and spreaders of pathogens. Giardia duodenalis is a globally important protozoan that infects humans and other mammals with considerable public health burden, particularly on the child development. Based on genetic variation
Lisiane Lappe dos Reis, Lirna Salvioni Silva de Souza, Fernanda Rodrigues Fonseca, Alessandra Ferreira Dales Nava, Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente   +4 more
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The epidemiology of infections with Giardia species and genotypes in well cared for dogs and cats in Germany

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Giardia is now considered the most common enteric parasite in well cared for dogs and cats in developed countries. The ecology, epidemiology and clinical impact of infections with this parasite in such animals is still not fully understood due
Louise Pallant, Dieter Barutzki, Roland Schaper, RC Andrew Thompson   +3 more
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Improving basic skills in celiac-like disease diagnosis. A case report [PDF]

, 2018
Background: The diagnosis of Coeliac disease (CD) requires a combination of sign/symptoms, positivity of specific antibodies and duodenal histological evidence of villous atrophy.
Annibale, Bruno, Antonelli, Giulio, Coluccio, Chiara, Corleto, Vito Domenico, Di Cerbo, Arcangelo, Di Marino, Vincenza Patrizia, Galli, Gloria, Uccini, Stefania   +7 more
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