f, lec (g lamblia)

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g lamblia causes

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epidemic and endemic diarrhea

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g lamblia AKA

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giardia intestinalis, g duodenalis, lamblia duodenalis or L intestinalis

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first discovered by

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anton van leeuwenhock

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first described by

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Lambl

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lambl called it

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cerconomas intestinalis

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was renamed by

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stiles

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disease is called

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giardiasis or lambliasis

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asexual cycle includes

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binucleated flagellated troph and quadrinucleated infective cyst

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parasite are classified as

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genotype A and genotype B

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troph is what shaped

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pyriform or teardrop shaped, pointed posterior

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pair of nuclei in troph is found where

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each side of midline

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midline is called

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axostyle

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dorsal side of troph

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convex

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ventral side of troph is

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concave with large adhesive disk

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motion of troph

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erratic tumbling of four flagella

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motility of g lamblia is called

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falling leaf or corkscrew motility

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troph of g lamblia is divided by

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longitudinal binary fission

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troph, reason for resistance to intestinal proteinases

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variant specific surface proteins

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troph of g lamblia can be found where

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diarrheic stool

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g lamblia is also described as

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old mans eye glasses

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young cyst has how many nuclei

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2

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mature cyst has how many nuclei

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4

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characterized by retracted flagella

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cyst

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flagella retracts to where?

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axonemes

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cyst is transmitted by

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contaminated hand, mouth, food

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infective stage

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mature cyst

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transmission

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ingestion

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when cyst is ingested where is it found

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duodenum

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ability to cause disease can be traced to its ability to

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alter mucosal intestinal cells once its attached to the apical portion of the enterocyte via adhesive disk

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attachement is influenced by

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temp and pH

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temp for adhesion

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maximal at body temp

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ph for adhesion

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7.8 to 8.2

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produced by the parasite which when activated by duodenal secretions can also facilitate adhesion

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lectin

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another factor for virulence aside from lectin

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can rearrange cytoskeleton

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rearrangement of cytoskeleton can cause

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enterocyte apoptosis

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cases of asymptomatic

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50%

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excessive flatus caused by acute causes leads to what odor

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rotten egg

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chronic infection is characterized by

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steatorrhea

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diagnosis

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DFS, duodeno-jejunal aspiration or biopsy, entero test (troph), antigen detection test, immunofluorescence test

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gived higher percentage of positive findings

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duodeno-jejunal aspiration or biopsy

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accurate, inexpensive option for diagnosis

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entero test

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entero test, string is inside for how long

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6-8hrs

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gold standard in diagnosis of g lamblia

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direct fluorescent antibody assays

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treatment

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oral metronidazole

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alternative drugs

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tinidazole, furazolidone, quinacrine, paramomycin

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giardiasis is also called

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gay bowel syndrome

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t or f: g lamblia is zoonotic

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true