Giardia duodenalis captured the attention of Leeuwenhoek in 1681 while he was examining
his own diarrheal stool, but, ironically, it did not really gain attention as a human pathogen …

The eukaryotic intestinal parasite Giardia intestinalis was first described in 1681, when
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek undertook a microscopic examination of his own diarrhoeal …

The genome of the eukaryotic protist Giardia lamblia, an important human intestinal parasite,
is compact in structure and content, contains few introns or mitochondrial relics, and has …

Giardia intestinalis is a major cause of diarrheal disease worldwide and two major Giardia
genotypes, assemblages A and B, infect humans. The genome of assemblage A parasite …

The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent a group of parasitic and related infectious
diseases such as amebiasis, Chagas disease, cysticercosis, echinococcosis, hookworm …

Differentiation into infectious cysts through the process of encystation is crucial for
transmission and survival of the intestinal protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis. Hitherto …

Giardia lamblia, also known as G. duodenalis and G. intestinalis, was first described in 1681
and is one of the most common intestinal protozoans throughout the world. In North America …

Background Fusion of DNA methyltransferase domains to the nuclease-deficient clustered
regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) associated protein 9 (dCas9) has …

Giardia lamblia is one of the most common causes of intestinal disease in humans. To adapt
to environments both inside and outside of the host's small intestine, this protozoan parasite …

To colonize the human small intestine, Giardia lamblia monitors a dynamic environment.
Trophozoites attach to enterocytes that mature and die. The parasites must 'decide'whether …