The Possible Pathogenicity of Giardia Intestinalis
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Assistant Surgeon, Medical College Hospital, Calcutta, ortnerly Clinical Pathologist, Protozoology Depart-' ment, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine.) The; role which Giardia inrcsnnuus may 'n the production of intestinal symptoms is still a disputed point. Nothing very definite can be stated one way or the other. It is claimed on the one hand' that it is frequently present in healthy persons and not associated with disease; ?n the other, that in some cases it may be the cause of an intractable and debilitating diarrhoea, even, perhaps, of dysentery. Those who put forward a claim that this organism is pathogenic base their claim chiefly on (1) the frequent
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