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Omeprazole as a Novel Treatment Option for Giardiasis in Cats. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
In this study, cats with giardiasis were allocated to omeprazole, metronidazole, secnidazole or placebo groups and monitored from day 0 to 14. Omeprazole achieved a reduction in Giardia cyst shedding comparable to metronidazole and also demonstrated faster clinical improvement, indicating a potential therapeutic advantage.
Durgut MK, Ok M, Ider M, Naseri A, Iyigun SS, Evci A, Sahin HB.   +6 more
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Extracellular Vesicles of <i>Giardia duodenalis</i>: Unravelling Their Virulence Factors and Potential to Induce Protection Against Experimental Giardiasis. [PDF]

J Extracell Biol
ABSTRACT Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are key mediators of intercellular communication, enabling trans‐kingdom exchange of proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and metabolites. In Giardia duodenalis, EVs contribute to parasite survival, host–pathogen interactions, and immune modulation.
Gerardo CR, Raúl AG, Dalia OL, Lizbeth SV, Onam PE, Martha EC, Daniel HC, Angélica SD, Abigail B, Guadalupe OM.   +9 more
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Impact of Early Life Giardiasis on Growth, Nutritional Status, and Serum Trace Elements in Children [PDF]

Bulletin of the National Nutrition Institute of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 2020
Giardia lamblia is considered the most common intestinal parasite in humans worldwide.Giardiasis is a major health problem with a great morbid effect on children’s physical and cognitive development.
Hala Abdel Salam, Salwa Saleh, sally eid, Amal Mohamed   +3 more
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Asymptomatic giardiasis and growth in young children; a longitudinal study in Salvador, Brazil. [PDF]

, 2005
This study sought to assess the effect of giardiasis on growth of young children. In Salvador, northeast Brazil, 597 children initially aged 6 to 45 months were followed for a year in 1998/9, measured anthropometrically thrice, every 6 months, and ...
Oliveira-Assis, AM, Rego, S, Strina, A, Barreto, ML, Cairncross, S, Prado, MS   +5 more
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Giardia duodenalis in Human Health: A Comprehensive Review of its Epidemiology, Transmission, Pathophysiology, Diagnostics, and Control Strategies [PDF]

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases
Introduction and study aim: Giardia duodenalis is the entero-parasite cause of giardiasis, a diarrheal disease in both humans and animals. The article presents a summarized review of the epidemiology, transmission, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and control
Eric Barasa, Walace Indusa, Tom Were
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Giardiasis in children: what's new?

Медицинский совет, 2015
Giardia is one of the main causative agents of intestinal infections in children, especially young children. The article highlights the current understanding of the global prevalence of giardiasis, current laboratory capacities for diagnosis and ...
I. N. Zakharova, T. I. Avdyukhina, I. V. Berezhnaya, G. E. Zaidenvarg, E. V. Skorobogatova   +4 more
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Protection against diarrhea associated with Giardia intestinalis Is lost with multi-nutrient supplementation: a study in Tanzanian children. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic carriage of Giardia intestinalis is highly prevalent among children in developing countries, and evidence regarding its role as a diarrhea-causing agent in these settings is controversial.
Veenemans, J., Wielders, Jos PM, Veenemans, Jacobien, Jos P. M. Wielders, Verhoef, J.C.M., Theo Mank, Wielders, J.P.M., Erasto V. Mbugi, Huub F. J. Savelkoul, Savelkoul, H.F.J., Demir, Ayse Y, Savelkoul, Huub FJ, Ottenhof Maarten, Savelkoul Huub F. J., Ayse Y. Demir, Hans Verhoef, Demir Ayse Y., Wielders, J.P., Mank, T., Mank Theo, Veenemans Jacobien, Mank, Theo, Mbugi, Erasto V, Ottenhof, M., Mbugi Erasto V., Baidjoe, A.Y., Verhoef, H., Verhoef Hans, Huub F J Savelkoul, Savelkoul, H.F., Wielders Jos P. M., Baidjoe Amrish, Ottenhof, Maarten, Jos P M Wielders, Baidjoe, Amrish, Maarten Ottenhof, Erasto V Mbugi, Ayse Y Demir, Baidjoe, A., Amrish Baidjoe, Mbugi, E.V., Jacobien Veenemans, Verhoef, Hans, Demir, A.Y.   +43 more
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Clinical Peculiarities of the Mixed-Invasion of Giardiasis and Ascariasis

Galician Medical Journal, 2018
Intestinal parasitic diseases are widespread in the territory of almost the entire globe. Among them the most common are giardiasis and ascaridosis. In recent years, more and more cases of combined invasion by these organisms have been registered. The
Andrii Protsyk
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Individual and Community-Level Risk Factors for Giardiasis in Children under Five Years of Age in Pakistan: A Prospective Multi-Regional Study

Children, 2023
Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of Giardia lamblia infection and identify associated risk factors at both individual and community levels in a pediatric population in different agroecological zones of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Irfan Khattak, Wen-Lan Yen, Tahir Usman, Nasreen Nasreen, Adil Khan, Saghir Ahmad, Gauhar Rehman, Khurshaid Khan, Mourad Ben Said, Chien-Chin Chen   +9 more
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Drug resistance in Giardia: Mechanisms and alternative treatments for Giardiasis

, 2020
The use of chemotherapeutic drugs is the main resource against clinical giardiasis due to the lack of approved vaccines. Resistance of G. duodenalis to the most used drugs to treat giardiasis, metronidazole and albendazole, is a clinical issue of growing
Arguello-Garcia, Raul, David Leitsch, Tina Skinner-Adams, Guadalupe Ortega-Pierres, M, M. Guadalupe Ortega-Pierres, Leitsch, David, Skinner-Adams, Tina, Raúl Argüello-García   +7 more
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