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The opportunistic protist, Giardia intestinalis, occurs in gut-healthy humans in a high-income country.
Emerging microbes & infections - 1 Dec 2023
Brožová Kristýna, Jirků Milan, Lhotská Zuzana, Květoňová Dana, Kadlecová Oldřiška, Stensvold Christen Rune, Samaš Peter, Petrželková Klára J, Jirků Kateřina
Abstract excerpt
Giardia intestinalis, a cosmopolitan gastrointestinal protist, is detected mainly in patients with clinical giardiasis in high-income countries. In contrast, there is very little information on the presence of Giardia in asymptomatic individuals. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the presence and prevalence of Giardia in gut-healthy volunteers in the Czech Republic and to perform a comparative...
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