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Abstract
An infection of the SMALL INTESTINE caused by the flagellated protozoan GIARDIA. It is spread via contaminated food and water and by direct person-to-person contact.
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- Giardia Infection
- Lambliasis
- Giardia Infections
- Giardiases
- Infection, Giardia
- Infections, Giardia
- Lambliases
- Giardia duodenalis Infection
- Giardia intestinalis Infection
- Giardia lamblia Infection
- Giardia duodenalis Infections
- Giardia intestinalis Infections
- Giardia lamblia Infections
- Infection, Giardia duodenalis
- Infection, Giardia intestinalis
- Infection, Giardia lamblia
- Infections, Giardia duodenalis
- Infections, Giardia intestinalis
- Infections, Giardia lamblia
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Giardiasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005873. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005873
- Giardiasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giardiasis
- Giardiasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326071