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MeSH Heading: Giardia lamblia
Tree Number(s): B01.237.385.400
Unique ID: D016829
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016829
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with GIARDIASIS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent; a virus infecting Giardia lamblia is named GIARDIAVIRUS
Scope Note: A species of parasitic EUKARYOTES that attaches itself to the intestinal mucosa and feeds on mucous secretions. The organism is roughly pear-shaped and motility is somewhat erratic, with a slow oscillation about the long axis.
Entry Term(s): Giardia duodenalis; Giardia intestinalis; Lamblia intestinalis
Registry Numbers: txid5741
Previous Indexing: Giardia (1967-1991)
See Also: Giardiavirus
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/02
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0025623
Registry Numbers: txid5741
Scope Note: A species of parasitic EUKARYOTES that attaches itself to the intestinal mucosa and feeds on mucous secretions. The organism is roughly pear-shaped and motility is somewhat erratic, with a slow oscillation about the long axis.
Terms: Giardia lamblia Preferred Term
Term UI T050417
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Giardia duodenalis
Term UI T787272
Date03/17/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Giardia intestinalis
Term UI T050418
Date02/13/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Lamblia intestinalis
Term UI T050419
Date02/13/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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