Giardia and Vilém Dušan Lambl

Historical Profiles and Perspectives

Giardiasis is a neglected disease that spreads worldwide from the Arctic [1] to the Tropics [2]. It affects nearly 2% of adults and 6% to 8% of children in developed countries worldwide. Nearly 33% of people in developing countries have had giardiasis [3]. The disease is caused by a binucleated flagellated protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia (synonyms: G. intestinalis and G. duodenalis) that inh...

Incidence and Significance of Giardia Lamblia (lambl ) in Texas Beaver Populations

Lambl’s Excrescence Associated with Cryptogenic Stroke: A Case Report and Literature Review

BACKGROUND In 1856, a Bohemian physician, Vilém Dušan Lambl, first described the presence of filiform lesions in aortic valve leaflets. Lambl's excrescences are tiny filiform strands that arise on the line of valve closure, and result from valvular wear and tear. It is a rare cause of cardioembolic stroke that can be detected by transesophageal echocardiogram. CASE REPORT We encountered a 51-...

Multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis (Lambl, 1859) from symptomatic human infections in Slovenia.

Giardiasis is a common gastrointestinal infection of humans and animals with a worldwide distribution. Eight genetic groups (known as assemblages A to H) are currently recognised within the species complex of Giardia duodenalis (Lambl, 1859), of which assemblages A and B are responsible for infection of humans and other mammalian hosts. Genotyping data on giardiasis are not available from Slove...

The diagnosis and clinical importance of Giardiasis

tic animals and wildlife throughout the world. The parasite is a flagellate, which was discovered by the inventor of the microscope, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. In a letter written to Hooke at the British Royal Society of Parasitology in 1681 he accurately described the motile trophozoite of G. lamblia, which he observed in a sample of his own stool as "very prettily moving animacules, some rather ...