Mongolian gerbils were susceptible to infection with Giardia lamblia cysts from patients. Inoculation of gerbils with 5 x $10^3$ cysts each resulted in an infection characterized by the intermittent ...

Cysts of Giardia lamblia can be a contaminant of water and food that can infect humans and cause the zoonotic disease giardiasis. Irradiation by a cobalt-60 source was investigated for its ability to ...

Giardia lamblia, a globally significant intestinal parasite, undergoes a complex transformation from its proliferative trophozoite stage to a dormant, environmentally resilient cyst. This process, ...

Few things ruin memories of a good camping or backpacking trip than developing abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, or fever upon returning home. Perhaps resulting from drinking contaminated water from ...

Giardia lamblia, one of the most common human parasites in the United States, causes more than 20,000 intestinal infections a year, often through contact with contaminated drinking or swimming water.

On Dec. 23, 1983, an alert was sent to many Luzerne County residents: The water was not safe to drink. A microscopic organism, the giardia cyst, had contaminated what was believed to have been a ...

When the city of Bergen's water supply was identified as the source of giardia infection in the population, the proposed solution was to install a UV system. As Ben Kalisvaart, microbiology specialist ...