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Molecular characterization of Giardia lamblia in children less than 5 years of age with diarrhoea attending the Bengo General Hospital, Angola [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction - Giardia lamblia is a pathogenic intestinal protozoan with high prevalence in developing countries, especially among children. Molecular characterization has revealed the existence of eight assemblages, with A and B being more commonly ...
Brito, Miguel   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yesFood 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   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Results of Giardiasis Treatment Using Giardicidal Drugs and their Combination with Probiotics in Children: A Retrospective Cohort Study

open access: yesВопросы современной педиатрии, 2018
Background. Giardiasis in children remains an urgent problem, the significance of which is determined by the endemicity for many countries and regions, outbreaks of sporadic epidemics, polymorphism of clinical symptoms, and insufficient treatment ...
Olga G. Kimirilova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robust and stable transcriptional repression in Giardia using CRISPRi. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Giardia lamblia is a binucleate protistan parasite causing significant diarrheal disease worldwide. An inability to target Cas9 to both nuclei, combined with the lack of nonhomologous end joining and markers for positive selection, has stalled the ...
Booker, J   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Cost‐Effective Nanosensor Solutions for Ultra‐Sensitive Detection of Metronidazole

open access: yesAnalytical Science Advances, Volume 6, Issue 1, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Metronidazole (MNZ) is a widely used imidazole antibiotic effective against bacterial and protozoal infections, including giardiasis, trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis, and antibiotic‐associated colitis. However, prolonged and excessive use of MNZ can lead to serious side effects, such as peripheral neuropathies, toxicity, and optic ...
Ahmad Mobed   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Allergic Reactions in Parasitosis in Children

open access: yesAktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2014
In the world, there are registered about 500 species of helminth parasites in humans, and the prevalence of helminth-protozoal infections is quite high. Parasitosis leads to more frequent incidence of somatic diseases and exacerbation of chronic diseases,
I.B. Yershova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methods of testing for giardia in water : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Microbiology at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
Since the 1960's when the first waterborne outbreaks of Giardia were reported in America, it has been recognised as a disease causing organism. From these outbreaks the USA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed a method for testing large ...
Hastie, Joanna Clare
core  

Novel Metronidazole Conjugates as Antimicrobial Agents

open access: yesDrug Development Research, Volume 86, Issue 4, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Metronidazole (MTZ) is one of the oldest and still used anti‐infective nitroimidazole group drug. Although it is effective against anaerobic bacteria, protozoa, and parasites in clinical settings, it lacks efficacy against aerobic microorganisms.
Erol Akgün   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occurrence and assemblage distribution of Giardia Duodenalis in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients in southeastern Iran (2019–2022)

open access: yesGut Pathogens
Background The ubiquitous protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis is a major contributor to the global burden of diarrhoea, particularly in young children living in poor-resource regions.
Kareem Hatam-Nahavandi   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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