"Giardia lamblia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of parasitic EUKARYOTES that attaches itself to the intestinal mucosa and feeds on mucous secretions. The organism is roughly pear-shaped and motility is somewhat erratic, with a slow oscillation about the long axis.
| Descriptor ID |
D016829
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.237.385.400
|
| Concept/Terms |
Giardia lamblia- Giardia lamblia
- Giardia lamblias
- Lamblia intestinalis
- Giardia duodenalis
- Giardia intestinalis
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Giardia lamblia".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Giardia lamblia".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Giardia lamblia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Giardia lamblia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Giardia lamblia" by people in Profiles.
-
Changes in the N-glycome, glycoproteins with Asn-linked glycans, of Giardia lamblia with differentiation from trophozoites to cysts. Eukaryot Cell. 2008 Nov; 7(11):1930-40.