Highlights•Giardiasis is a multifactorial diarrheal disease.•Giardia infection can be protective
against other diarrheal diseases.•Giardia infection can induce IBS and chronic fatigue …

Intestinal protozoa are important etiological agents of diarrhea, particularly in children, yet
the public health risk they pose is often neglected. Results from the Global Enteric …

Giardia duodenalis is a unicellular flagellated parasite that infects the gastrointestinal tract of
a wide range of mammalian species, including humans. Investigations of protein and DNA …

The eukaryotic intestinal parasite Giardia intestinalis was first described in 1681, when
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek undertook a microscopic examination of his own diarrhoeal …

Giardia is a protozoan parasite of the small intestine, and a leading cause of diarrhoeal
disease worldwide in a variety of animals, including humans. The host–parasite interaction …

Giardia lamblia is a flagellated protozoan that is the most common cause of intestinal
parasitic infection in children living in resource-limited settings. The pathogenicity of Giardia …

Giardia intestinalis infection causes enterocytes damage and loss of brush border of the
epithelial cells of the intestine that leads to shortening of microvilli and altered epithelial …

Background Giardia intestinalis is a non-invasive protozoan parasite that causes giardiasis
in humans, the most common form of parasite-induced diarrhea. Disease mechanisms are …

Giardia lamblia is one of the most common infectious protozoans in the world. Giardia rarely
causes severe life-threatening diarrhea, and may even have a slight protective effect in this …

Giardia lamblia, the cause of giardiasis, significantly impacts patients with metabolic
disorders related to insulin resistance (IR). Both giardiasis and metabolic disorders share …