Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

Epidemiology

• Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in raw and finished drinking water in north-eastern Spain. (2017 Feb 15)

Molecular Biology

• Zoonotic potential of Giardia. International Journal for Parasitology. (2013 Nov 1)
• Zoonotic potential and molecular epidemiology of Giardia species and giardiasis. (2011 Jan 1)
• Unravelling cryptosporidium and giardia epidemiology. Trends in Parasitology. (2005 Sep 1)

Local Report

• A year's experience of giardiasis on Hong Kong Island. (1995).

Clinical Information and Management

• Giardia secretome highlights secreted tenascins as a key component of pathogenesis. ( 2018 Jan 29).
• Advances in understanding Giardia: determinants and mechanisms of chronic sequelae. (2015).
• Management of chronic Giardia infection. (2014 Sep 1).
• Multisite performance evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and Entamoeba histolytica antigens in human stool.(2012 May 1).
• Giardiasis–why do the symptoms sometimes never stop?. (2010 Feb 1).

Associated Complications

• Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue 6 years after giardia infection: a controlled prospective cohort study. (2014 Aug 12).
• Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue 3 years after acute giardiasis: historic cohort study. (2011 Jan 1).

Treatment

• Treatment-refractory giardiasis: challenges and solutions (2018 Oct 24)
• Drug resistance in Giardia duodenalis. ( 2015 Nov 1).
• A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of albendazole compared with metronidazole as treatments for infections with Giardia duodenalis. (2010 May 11).
• Giardiasis: a pharmacotherapy review. (2007 Aug 1).