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giardiasi
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parassitosi, malattia causata dal protozoo parassita Giardia lamblia
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Giardiasis
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Beaver fever, giardia
- Medical condition (new).image
- Giardia lamblia SEM 8698 lores.jpg
- Medical condition (new).image_size
- 300px
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Giardia cell viewed with scanning electron microscope
- Medical condition (new).field
- Infectious disease, gastroenterology
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weight loss, nausea
- Medical condition (new).onset
- 1 to 3 weeks after exposure
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Giardia duodenalis spread mainly through contaminated food or water
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Hypogammaglobulinemia
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Stool testing
- Medical condition (new).differential
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Medical condition (new).prevention
- Improved sanitation
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Antiprotozoal medications
- Medical condition (new).medication
- Tinidazole, metronidazole
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- Up to 7% (developed world), up to 30% (developing world)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
7,077 papers- An up-date on Giardia and giardiasis.Current opinion in microbiology · 2016
- Giardiasis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2016
- Giardiasis.Gastroenterology clinics of North America · 1996
- Giardiasis.Gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2003
- Giardiasis.JAMA · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Named after
- Alfred Mathieu Giard
- Image
- Giardiasis intestine 400x.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- symptoms and signs
- vomiting
- health specialty
- gastroenterology
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- ornidazole
- Commons category
- Giardiasis
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10718
- ICD-9-CM
- 007.1
- has cause
- Giardia lamblia
- disease transmission process
- fecal–oral route
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- has natural reservoir
- human
- medical examination
- immunofluorescence microscopy
- described by source
- National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
Sources (9)
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Article · Italiano
La giardiasi (o lambliasi) è una parassitosi, malattia causata dal protozoo parassita Giardia lamblia. Dopo un periodo di incubazione, in genere di 1-2 settimane, si manifesta con sintomi di tipo gastrointestinale: nausea, vomito, diarrea acuta debilitante, flatulenza, sindrome da malassorbimento e perdita di peso.
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