Relationships between food and diseases: What to know to ensure food safety

M Gallo, L Ferrara, A Calogero, D Montesano… - Food Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the concept of food has undergone a radical transformation to the point of
attributing to foods, in addition to their nutritional and sensorial properties, an important role …

[HTML][HTML] Extra-intestinal and long term consequences of Giardia duodenalis infections

MCM Halliez, AG Buret - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Giardiasis is the most common waterborne parasitic infection of the human intestine
worldwide. The etiological agent, Giardia duodenalis (syn. G. intestinalis, G. lamblia), is a …

Pathogenic mechanisms of Cryptosporidium and Giardia

G Certad, E Viscogliosi, M Chabé, SM Cacciò - Trends in Parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
Intestinal protozoa are important etiological agents of diarrhea, particularly in children, yet
the public health risk they pose is often neglected. Results from the Global Enteric …

Transmission and epidemiology of zoonotic protozoal diseases of companion animals

KJ Esch, CA Petersen - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Over 77 million dogs and 93 million cats share our households in the United States. Multiple
studies have demonstrated the importance of pets in their owners' physical and mental …

Host specificity in the Giardia duodenalis species complex

SM Cacciò, M Lalle, SG Svärd - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
Giardia duodenalis is a unicellular flagellated parasite that infects the gastrointestinal tract of
a wide range of mammalian species, including humans. Investigations of protein and DNA …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of Giardia infection in dogs and cats, a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence studies from stool samples

M Bouzid, K Halai, D Jeffreys, PR Hunter - Veterinary parasitology, 2015 - Elsevier
Giardia has a wide range of host species and is a common cause of diarrhoeal disease in
humans and animals. Companion animals are able to transmit a range of zoonotic diseases …

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Giardia lamblia and Endemic Pediatric Diarrhea in Developing Countries

K Muhsen, MM Levine - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We performed a systematic literature review and meta-analysis examining the association
between diarrhea in young children in nonindustrialized settings and Giardia lamblia …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical significance of lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer

JY Deng, H Liang - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gastric cancer, one of the most common malignancies in the world, frequently reveals lymph
node, peritoneum, and liver metastases. Most of gastric cancer patients present with lymph …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in understanding Giardia: determinants and mechanisms of chronic sequelae

LA Bartelt, RB Sartor - F1000prime reports, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

Characterization of the Giardia intestinalis secretome during interaction with human intestinal epithelial cells: The impact on host cells

SY Ma'ayeh, J Liu, D Peirasmaki… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
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 …