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Pathogen: Giardia lamblia
Name: Giardia lamblia
Pathogen type: Protist
Description: Intestinal parasite responsible for giardiasis
Lineage: Eukaryota » Fornicata » Diplomonadida » Hexamitidae » Giardiinae » Giardia » Giardia intestinalis
Life cycle: development from environmentally resistant infectious cysts to trophozoites living in intestine
Chromosomes: 5
GC content: 46.65
Genome: http://giardiadb.org
KEGG: gla

References
Bienz M, Wittwer P, Zimmermann V, Müller N. 2001. Molecular characterisation of a predominant antigenic region of Giardia lamblia variant surface protein H7. International journal for parasitology 31:827-32. (11403775)
Nash TE. 2002. Surface antigenic variation in Giardia lamblia. Molecular microbiology 45:585-90. (12139606)
Ho WZ, Lioy J, Song L, Cutilli JR, Polin RA, Douglas SD. 1992. Infection of cord blood monocyte-derived macrophages with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Journal of virology 66:573-9. (1727500)
Bienz M, Siles-Lucas M, Wittwer P, Müller N. 2001. vsp gene expression by Giardia lamblia clone GS/M-83-H7 during antigenic variation in vivo and in vitro. Infection and immunity 69:5278-85. (11500396)
Kulakova L, Singer SM, Conrad J, Nash TE. 2006. Epigenetic mechanisms are involved in the control of Giardia lamblia antigenic variation. Molecular microbiology 61:1533-42. (16968226)

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