Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Africa: current and future challenges

SA Squire, U Ryan - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Cryptosporidium and Giardia are important causes of diarrhoeal illness. Adequate
knowledge of the molecular diversity and geographical distribution of these parasites and …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular epidemiologic tools for waterborne pathogens Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis

L Xiao, Y Feng - Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2017 - Elsevier
Molecular diagnostic tools have played an important role in improving our understanding of
the transmission of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis, which are two of the most …

Slums, space, and state of health—a link between settlement morphology and health data

J Friesen, V Friesen, I Dietrich, PF Pelz - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Approximately 1 billion slum dwellers worldwide are exposed to increased health risks due
to their spatial environment. Recent studies have therefore called for the spatial environment …

Molecular diversity of Giardia duodenalis in children under 5 years from the Manhiça district, Southern Mozambique enrolled in a matched case-control study on the …

A Messa Jr, PC Köster, M Garrine… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Giardia duodenalis is an enteric parasite commonly detected in children. Exposure to this
organism may lead to asymptomatic or symptomatic infection. Additionally, early-life …

[HTML][HTML] The controversies surrounding Giardia intestinalis assemblages A and B

P Zajaczkowski, R Lee, SM Fletcher-Lartey… - Current Research in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Giardia intestinalis continues to be one of the most encountered parasitic diseases around
the world. Although more frequently detected in developing countries, Giardia infections …

[HTML][HTML] First report on Giardia duodenalis assemblage F in Slovakian children living in poor environmental conditions

J Pipiková, I Papajová, V Majláthová, J Šoltys… - Journal of Microbiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Giardiasis is one of the most common gastrointestinal infections of humans and
animals attributable to complex of eight morphologically identical genetic assemblages …

Epidemiology of giardiasis and assemblages A and B and effects on diarrhea and growth trajectories during the first 8 years of life: Analysis of a birth cohort in a rural …

T Sandoval-Ramírez, V Seco-Hidalgo… - PLoS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background There are limited longitudinal data on the acquisition of Giardia lamblia
infections in childhood using molecular assays to detect and type assemblages, and …

The application of 3base™ technology to diagnose eight of the most clinically important gastrointestinal protozoan infections

M Aghazadeh, M Jones, S Perera, J Nair, L Tan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Globally, over 3.5 billion people are infected with intestinal parasites each year, resulting in
over 200,000 deaths. Three of the most common protozoan pathogens that affect the …

Prevalence and assemblage of Giardia duodenalis in a case-control study of children under 5 years from Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia

Y Alemu, A Abdissa, Z Mekonnen, B Sharew… - Parasitology …, 2024 - Springer
Giardia duodenalis is a common pathogenic intestinal protozoan parasite with high
prevalence in developing countries, especially among children. The distribution of giardia …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic variation of Giardia lamblia isolates from food-handlers in Kashan, Central Iran

H Hooshyar, S Ghafarinasab, M Arbabi… - Iranian journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Based on genotyping study of human isolates of Giardia lamblia; humans are
mainly infected by two assemblages A and B. The present study was carried out to …