SUMMARY This Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology document on the laboratory
diagnosis of parasites from the gastrointestinal tract provides practical information for the …

Several enteric protozoa cause severe morbidity and mortality in both humans and animals
worldwide. In developed settings, enteric protozoa are often ignored as a cause of diarrheal …

These guidelines are intended for use by healthcare professionals who care for children and
adults with suspected or confirmed infectious diarrhea. They are not intended to replace …

Giardiasis has a global distribution and it is a common cause of diarrhea in both children
and adults and is transmitted via the fecal-oral route through direct or indirect ingestion of …

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 …

Over the past few decades, nucleic acid-based methods have been developed for the
diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections. Advantages of nucleic acid-based methods are …

In developed countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, between 15%
and 20% of the population show greater susceptibility than the general population to …

Diarrhoeal illness is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity worldwide. There are
no precise or current estimates of the types and prevalence of pathogens associated with …

Giardia lamblia is the most frequently identified protozoan cause of intestinal infection. Over
200 million people are estimated to have acute or chronic giardiasis, with infection rates …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has altered both the epidemiology and
outcome of enteric opportunistic parasitic infections. This study was done to determine the …