Giardiasis (cont.)
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Betsy P Schrader, MD
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Robert M McNamara, MD, FAAEM
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Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM
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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
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Ron Fuerst, MD
IN THIS ARTICLEGiardiasis SymptomsGiardiasis can show itself in different ways. Some people can be carriers of the parasite and have no symptoms of the disease, but they pass cysts in their stool and pass the disease to others. Others may develop acute or chronic diarrheal illnesses in which the symptoms occur 1-2 weeks after swallowing the cysts.
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Giardia lamblia was originally identified by von Leeuwenhoek in the 1600s and was first recognized in human stool byVilem Dusan Lambl (1824-1895) in 1859and by Alfred Giard (1846-1908) after whom it is named.
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