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Current state of infection and prevalence of giardiasis in Malaysia: a review of 20 years of research [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Background Giardiasis is a neglected parasitic zoonotic disease caused by Giardia duodenalis that is often overlooked despite the damage inflicted upon humans and domestic/wild animals.
Norhamizah Roshidi, Nur Hassanah Mohd Hassan, Asma Abdul Hadi, Norsyahida Arifin   +3 more
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Investigation of the association between Pediatric Asthma and Giardiasis; A Cross-Sectional Study on 200 asthmatic children [PDF]

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2022
Introduction:Asthma and parasitic infections are both common childhood diseases. Due to the high prevalence of these two diseases among Iranian children, we decided to investigate the association between giardiasis and asthma and some sociodemographic ...
Fatemeh Behmanesh, Mohammad Hasan Aelami, Zohreh Hassanpour, Zahra Forough, Fariba Berenji, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri, Maryam Khoshkhui   +6 more
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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
europepmc   +2 more sources

Trends and clinico-epidemiological profile of patients with Giardiasis: Five-year experience from a university hospital of northern India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
Background: Giardiasis is an important cause of diarrheal disease and is associated with morbidity in children and adults worldwide. We aimed to study the prevalence of Giardiasis, its clinical presentations, seasonal trends in detection, and coinfection
Nidhi Tejan, Tasneem Siddiqui, Pooja Singh, Uday C. Ghoshal, Ujjala Ghoshal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of Nitazoxanide, Nitazoxanide-Garlic Combination and Tinidazole in Treatment of Giardia duodenalis and Blastocystis hominis: Coproscopic Assessment

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2023
Background: Giardia duodenalis and Blastocystis hominis are among the most common intestinal protozoa worldwide. Treatment of infection by metronidazole (MTZ) has some limitations. The objective of this study was to detect the prevalence of Blastocystis
Sarah Mohamed Abdo, Marwa Mohamed Ibrahim Ghallab Ghallab, Mariam S. Zaghloul, Heba Elhadad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of Therapy Giardiasis [PDF]

, 2023
The article presents the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with giardiasis and the improved methods of treatment of patients with chronic giardiasis with the use of "Klintab".
M. A, Igamova, A. R, Oblokulov
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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
doaj   +1 more source