INFECTION CAUSED BY PROTOZOA GIARDIA LAMBLIA IN CHILDREN
Keywords:
Giardia lamblia, parasite, infection, children, diarrhoeaAbstract
Giardia lamblia is a protozoa that can cause parasitic infection lambliosis/giardiasis. Children are in the higher risk group to develop this infection than adults. Multiple risk factors along with socio-demographic and socio-economic structure of the population, have an important role in contributing to the occurrence of infection. Most common symptomatology is diarrhoea, but there are other signs and symptoms of infection (bloating and pain in the abdomen, allergic dermatosis, slow linear growth and psychological development) existing as clinical entities of lambliosis. Genome of the parasite is susceptible to mutations, and molecular characterisation enables detection of the subtypes of this protozoan and their connection with clinical manifestations of infection, antiparasitic resistance and zoonotic potential.
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