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Lamblia intestinalis, Giardia duodenalis.
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Species of Diplomonadida.
Life Cycle
Fig. 1.
Life cycle of Giardia lamblia (for other species Diplomonadida/Table 1). 1 Oral uptake of cysts after fecal contamination of food. 2 trophozoites excyst in small intestine and may divide by binary fission. 3 Trophozoites are attached to the surface of intestinal villi; pinocytosis occurs at their dorsal side ( FV). 4, 5 Free trophozoites encyst in the intestine and are passed in feces. CW, cyst wall; F, flagellum (4 pairs); FV, food vacuoles; HC, host cell; MV, microvilli of host cell; N, nucleus; NH, nucleus of host cell; VS ventral sucker.
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(2008). Giardia lamblia. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48996-2_1272
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