Giardia lamblia is a protozoan parasite that can be contracted from drinking contaminated water from streams or lakes, ... Trophozoites also form nonreplicating cysts, ...

Giardia lamblia, one of the most common human parasites in the United States, ... Giardia takes the form of a highly infectious cyst that can live for weeks in water, soil, ...

Giardia lamblia, a globally significant intestinal parasite, undergoes a complex transformation from its proliferative trophozoite stage to a dormant, environmentally resilient cyst. This process ...

Outside, they form a hard, protective shell and become a Giardia cyst. A cyst can survive for several months in the environment. A gust of wind can pick up the cysts from infected manure on ...

You can become infected with G. lamblia by: Drinking water that has been contaminated with Giardia cysts (usually because the water has come into contact with sewage) ...

Giardia lamblia protozoan that causes giardiasis disease 3D rendering illustration ... giardia parasites form hard, protective, encapsulating shells known of as giardia cysts, ...

Giardia lamblia is the creature that most often knocks humans out for a week or two. It lives in two conditions. One, the trophozoite, looks like a microscopic teardrop.

Causes and Transmission. The primary mode of transmission for giardiasis is through the ingestion of cysts, the infectious ...

On Dec. 23, 1983, an alert was sent to many Luzerne County residents: The water was not safe to drink. A microscopic organism, the giardia cyst, had contaminated what was believed to have been a ...