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MeSH Heading: Giardiasis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.432.481; C01.610.752.400; C06.405.469.452.481
Unique ID: D005873
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005873
Scope Note: An infection of the SMALL INTESTINE caused by the flagellated protozoan GIARDIA. It is spread via contaminated food and water and by direct person-to-person contact.
Entry Term(s): Giardia Infection; Giardia duodenalis Infection; Giardia intestinalis Infection; Giardia lamblia Infection; Lambliasis
NLM Classification #: WC 700
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Giardiasis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025