Tight junctions play a major role in maintaining the integrity and impermeability of the
intestinal barrier. As such, they act as an ideal target for pathogens to promote their …

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

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 …

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 is an important cause of diarrhoea, and results in post-infectious and extra-intestinal
complications. This chapter presents a state-of-the art of our understanding of how this …

Protozoan parasites can infect the human intestinal tract causing serious diseases. In the
following article, we focused on the three most prominent intestinal protozoan pathogens …

The alterations in resident gut microbiota seen in chronic gastrointestinal disorders have led
to an increasing interest in the role of gut bacteria in maintaining intestinal barrier function …

Understanding how intestinal enteropathogens cause acute and chronic alterations has
direct animal and human health perspectives. Significant advances have been made on this …

Giardia intestinalis (GI), is an anaerobic protozoan and the aetiological agent of giardiasis, a
diarrhoea present worldwide and associated with poverty. GI has a simple life cycle …

Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium sp., and Entamoeba histolytica are important pathogenic
intestinal parasites and are amongst the leading causes worldwide of diarrheal illness in …