ReviewGastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench2019
Giardia lamblia infection: review of current diagnostic strategies.
Review in Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 157 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and genotyping of Giardia duodenalis infections in humans in Thailand: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- A 'One Health' perspective of Africa-wide distribution and prevalence of Giardia species in humans, animals and waterbodies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Parasitology · 2023Pooled it
- Global epidemiology of Giardia duodenalis infection in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International health · 2022Pooled it
- 5-Nitrothiazol-Clofibric Acid Analogs as Potent Agents Against Nitazoxanide-ResistantMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Giardia duodenalis and Entamoeba spp.: Coprological and antibody-based approaches across farm animals in Egypt.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Pre-Analytical Cleanup of Feline Feces Improves DNA Extract Quality, Reduces Post-Extraction PCR Inhibition, and Enhances Molecular Detectability of Intestinal Protozoa.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
- Modulation of Oxidative Stress, Inflammatory Cytokines, and Mucosal Immunity by Green Synthesized Zinc Nanoparticles in Giardia Infection in Mice.Acta parasitologica · 2026Article
- Evaluation of intestinal fungal and parasitic infection in iranian primary immunodeficiency patients.Molecular biology reports · 2026Article
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- Effects of Astragaloside IV Combined With Metronidazole on Cyst Shedding and Mucosal Immune and Inflammatory Responses in a Murine Model of Giardiasis.Journal of parasitology research · 2026Article
- Epidemiology ofOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
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- Identifying Molecular Changes inDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Human Giardiasis in Ghana - A Scoping Review of Studies From 2004 to 2024.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Machine learning in point-of-care testing: innovations, challenges, and opportunities.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Effect of Intestinal Parasitic Infection on Nutritional Status on Under-five Children Patients Visiting Assela Referral Hospital, East Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.Acta parasitologica · 2025Article
- Potential activity ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Optimization of 18 S rRNA metabarcoding for the simultaneous diagnosis of intestinal parasites.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., and Entamoeba spp. infecting domestic and feral/stray cats in Jordan.Parasitology research · 2024Article
- Expanded gene and taxon sampling of diplomonads shows multiple switches to parasitic and free-living lifestyle.BMC biology · 2024Article
6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Giardiasis has a global distribution and it is a common cause of diarrhea in both children and adults and is transmitted via the fecal-oral route through direct or indirect ingestion of cysts. The laboratory diagnosis of Giardia spp. is mainly based on demonstration of microscopic cyst or trophozoite in stool samples but several immunological-based assays and molecular methods are also available for giardiasis diagnosis. The aim of this study was to conduct a review of the applied methods in medical laboratory and to highlight pitfalls and challenges of them for diagnosis of giardiasis. In this article we have evaluated the Giardia diagnostic methods with a broad review of literature, electronic databases and books. The search has covered the articles and some textbooks that have published up to 2018. It has been concluded that traditional microscopy combination with stool concentration method should still be held in the routine medical laboratory due to economical and high sensitivity and immunological-based assay and molecular methods which are recommended to use as a complementary test to the traditional technique.
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