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Eukaryota > Diplomonadida > Giardia

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Giardia  

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Entry terms

  • Lamblia
  • Lamblias

Note

  • infection = GIARDIASIS; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent

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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005872

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