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Descriptor English: Giardia
Descriptor Spanish: Giardia
Descriptor Giardia
Entry term(s) lamblia
Scope note: Género de EUCARIOTAS flagelados que son parásitos intestinales de varios VERTEBRADOS, incluido el hombre. Entre sus características se incluye la presencia de cuatro pares de FLAGELOS que surgen de un sistema complicado de axonemas y quistes de forma entre elipsoide y ovoidea.
Descriptor Portuguese: Giardia
Descriptor French: Giardia
Entry term(s): Giardias
Lamblia
Lamblias
Tree number(s): B01.237.385
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005872
Scope note: A genus of flagellate intestinal EUKARYOTES parasitic in various vertebrates, including humans. Characteristics include the presence of four pairs of flagella arising from a complicated system of axonemes and cysts that are ellipsoidal to ovoidal in shape.
Annotation: infection = GIARDIASIS; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 6011
Unique ID: D005872
NLM Classification: QX 70
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Giardia - Preferred
Concept UI M0009223
Scope note A genus of flagellate intestinal EUKARYOTES parasitic in various vertebrates, including humans. Characteristics include the presence of four pairs of flagella arising from a complicated system of axonemes and cysts that are ellipsoidal to ovoidal in shape.
Preferred term Giardia
Entry term(s) Giardias
Lamblia
Lamblias



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