SynthesisPLoS neglected tropical diseases2017
Giardiasis as a neglected disease in Brazil: Systematic review of 20 years of publications.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Giardia spp., the most ubiquitous protozoan parasite in Argentina: human, animal and environmental surveys reported in the last 40 years.Parasitology research · 2020Pooled it
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- Risk of Environmental Contamination by Gastrointestinal Parasites in Public Areas of the Central Plateau Microregion of Brazil: A Public Health Concern.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Identification of the emerging fungal pathogens in Brazilian children infected byFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- First Characterization and Zoonotic Potential Evaluation ofTransboundary and emerging diseases · 2025Article
- Anti-CdtB and anti-vinculin antibodies to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome in inflammatory bowel disease patients.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Diagnosis ofBrazilian journal of veterinary medicine · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of giardiasis and assemblages A and B and effects on diarrhea and growth trajectories during the first 8 years of life: Analysis of a birth cohort in a rural district in tropical Ecuador.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Burden and Epidemiology of Human IntestinalTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Review
- Editorial for the Special Issue: Diagnosis, Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Parasitic infections among patients hospitalized in the Tropical and Parasitic Clinic of Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland between 2015 and 2018. Is there a relationship between protozoa infection and gastrointestinal symptoms?Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2022Article
- Giardiasis in urban and rural Amazonas, Brazil is driven by zoonotic and cosmopolitan A and B assemblages.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2022Article
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- Multilocus Genotyping ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Towards global control of parasitic diseases in the Covid-19 era: One Health and the future of multisectoral global health governance.Advances in parasitology · 2021Article
- Insights about the structure of farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) and the activity of bisphosphonates on the proliferation and ultrastructure of Leishmania and Giardia.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Recirculation ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- Giardiasis Alters Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein (I-FABP) and Plasma Cytokines Levels in Children in Brazil.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Reduced prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths and high frequency of protozoan infections in the surrounding urban area of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionGiardiasis is an intestinal infection that affects more than two hundred million people annually worldwide; it is caused by the flagellated protozoan Giardia duodenalis. In tropical countries and in low or middle-income settings, like Brazil, its prevalence can be high. There is currently no systematic review on the presence of G. duodenalis in patients, animals or water sources in Brazil.
methodsThis systematic review was performed according to recommendations established by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA). As databases for our searches, we have used PubMed, Embase, Scopus and the Brazilian database SciELO using the keywords «Giardia*» and «Brazil».
resultsThis systematic review identified research studies related to G. duodenalis in water, giardiasis in animals, prevalence of giardiasis across Brazilian regions, genotyping of strains isolated in humans, and giardiasis in indigenous populations. We also propose a network of G. duodenalis transmission in Brazil based on genotypes analyses.
conclusionThis is the first time within the last twenty years that a review is being published on the occurrence of G. duodenalis in Brazil, addressing relevant issues such as prevalence, molecular epidemiology and analytical methods for parasite detection.
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