Giardia lamblia is a protozoan parasite that can be contracted from drinking contaminated water from ... inventor of the microscope, ... Both cysts and trophozoites are excreted from the ...

Giardia can be transmitted through a number of animals, ... a Giardia sufferer who owned a microscope. ... Humans pick up the disease by swallowing the resting stage of Giardia, the cyst.

Tests identified cysts and antigens of the Giardia parasite in stool samples of 228 individuals. Molecular typing of 136 samples revealed a vast predominance of Giardia duodenalis assemblage B.

BLACKSBURG, Va., Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- TECHLAB, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of rapid non-invasive diagnostic tests for gastr ...