Directory of Giardiasis Resources

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Giardiasis is caused by a one-celled parasite in the genus Giardia. It causes a gastrointestinal illness. Nicknames for the disease include Beaver Fever and the Rocky Mountain Trots.

Resources in This Category

• Bad Bug Book: Giardia lamblia

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070716.htm
  Features cause, symptoms, risk factors, complications, and outbreaks.

• CDC Travelers' Health: Giardia

  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2016/infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/giardiasis
  Advice for travelers on this infection including mode of transmission, occurrence, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and preventative measures that can be taken.

• CDC: Giardiasis

  http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/giardia/
  Factsheets and articles with cause, risk factors, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

• eMedicine - Giardiasis

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/176718-overview
  Article by Brooks D Cash.

• eMedicine Health - Giardiasis

  http://www.medicinenet.com/giardiasis_symptoms_and_signs/symptoms.htm
  Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of giardiasis.

• Giardiasis - Beaver Fever

  http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/hfile10.stm
  Fact sheet on the disease with cause, transmission, prevention, and treatment.

• Kidshealth: Giardiasis

  http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/giardiasis.html
  Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

• MedicineNet: Giardiasis

  http://www.medicinenet.com/giardia_lamblia/article.htm
  Doctor produced consumer health information including what is giardiasis, who is at risk, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Giardiasis

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000288.htm
  Features cause, diagnosis, tests, symptoms, and prevention.

• MicrobeWiki: Giardia

  http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Giardia
  Description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.

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