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ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2020

What's eating you? An update on Giardia, the microbiome and the immune response.

Steven M Singer, Vanessa V Angelova, Heriberto DeLeon, Eleanor Miskovsky

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Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Obesity exacerbates giardiasis: metabolic, intestinal, and immune response in high-fat diet-fed gerbils.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026
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  4. The Influence of the ProtozoanInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Steven M SingerDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA. Electronic address: sms3@georget.edu.
Vanessa V AngelovaDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Heriberto DeLeonDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Eleanor MiskovskyDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.

Funding

The Role of Macrophages in Immune Responses to GiardiaR15AI109591 · NIAID · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI SINGER, STEVEN M · 2014 to 2023
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI109591
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Giardia intestinalis has been observed in human stools since the invention of the microscope. However, it was not recognized as a pathogen until experimental infections in humans in the 1950s resulted in diarrheal illness [1]. We now know that this protozoan is capable of inducing a malabsorptive diarrhea and that the parasite is a major contributor to stunting in young children [2]. However, the majority of infections with this parasite are not accompanied by overt diarrhea and several studies indicate that it actually has a protective effect against moderate-severe diarrhea [3]. There is therefore significant interest in the mechanisms responsible for the wide variation observed in the clinical outcomes of infection with Giardia. This review will highlight recent work on the interactions among the parasite, the host microbiome and the immune response as contributing to this variation.

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MicrobiotaAnimalsGiardia lambliaGiardiasisHumansImmunity

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PMID33053502
PMCPMC7895496

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