 Giardiasis
"Giardiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An infection of the SMALL INTESTINE caused by the flagellated protozoan GIARDIA LAMBLIA. It is spread via contaminated food and water and by direct person-to-person contact.
| Descriptor ID |
D005873
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.432.481 C03.752.400 C06.405.469.452.481
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| Concept/Terms |
Giardiasis- Giardiasis
- Giardiases
- Lambliasis
- Lambliases
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Giardiasis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Giardiasis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Giardiasis" by people in Profiles.
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Reses HE, Gargano JW, Liang JL, Cronquist A, Smith K, Collier SA, Roy SL, Vanden Eng J, Bogard A, Lee B, Hlavsa MC, Rosenberg ES, Fullerton KE, Beach MJ, Yoder JS. Risk factors for sporadic Giardia infection in the USA: a case-control study in Colorado and Minnesota. Epidemiol Infect. 2018 07; 146(9):1071-1078.
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Cantey PT, Roy S, Lee B, Cronquist A, Smith K, Liang J, Beach MJ. Study of nonoutbreak giardiasis: novel findings and implications for research. Am J Med. 2011 Dec; 124(12):1175.e1-8.
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