Publication details
Lamblióza, jedno z nejvýznamnějších parazitárních onemocnění na světě
| Title in English | Giardiasis, one of the most important parasitic diseases in the world |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Praktický lékař |
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| Web | https://www.prolekare.cz/casopisy/prakticky-lekar/2022-3-8/lamblioza-jedno-z-nejvyznamnejsich-parazitarnich-onemocneni-na-svete-131548 |
| Keywords | cysta; Giardia lamblia; parazit; trofozoit; průjmy; antiparazitika |
| Description | Giardia lamblia, a parasitic agent causing acute and chronic diarrhea both in children and adults, is named after a Czech physician and scientist Vilém Dušan Lambl who first described its morphological characteristics. Giardiasis is a widespread disease, its incidence is significantly higher in low-income countries. An infected individual sheds this pathogen in the feces in the form of a cyst that is resistant to environmental conditions. The parasites are then spread through contaminated water, food, soil, or direct contact and cause a variety of clinical manifestations after the cyst develops into an active form, trophozoite, in the intestine of a host. |
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