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~~===Giardia===~~

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~~<FlashCard questions="3">~~

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~~|q1=What is the key points of the life cycle and prepatent period of ''Giardia''?~~

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*Simple life cycle

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*Direct life cycle

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*Reproduce by binary fission

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*5-6 day prepatent period

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~~|l1=Giardia#Life Cycle~~

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~~|q2=How do both people and animals become infected by ''Giardia''?~~

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*Water bourne transmission

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*Direct faecal-oral transmission

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~~|l2=Giardia#Epidemiology~~

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~~|q3=How would you diagnose a ''Giardia'' infection?~~

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*The cysts are heavy and do not float well in saturated sodium chloride solution

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*Cysts excretion is intermittent so faeces need to be collected and sampled over 3 days

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*Cyst antigen can be detected in faeces by an immunoassay

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~~|l3=Giardia#Diagnosis~~

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~~</FlashCard>~~

===Piroplasmida===

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