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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
''Giardia'' was initially named ''Cercomonas intestinalis'' by Lambl in 1859. It was then renamed Giardia lamblia by Stiles in 1915 in honor of Professor A. Giard of Paris and Dr. F. Lambl of Prague.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/giardia/pathogen.html |title=Giardia |date=July 2015 |website=www.cdc.gov |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=March 1, 2016 }}</ref> | The [[trophozoite]] form of Giardia was first observed in 1681 by [[Antoni van Leeuwenhoek]] in his own diarrheal stools. ''Giardia'' was initially named ''Cercomonas intestinalis'' by Lambl in 1859. It was then renamed Giardia lamblia by Stiles in 1915 in honor of Professor A. Giard of Paris and Dr. F. Lambl of Prague.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/giardia/pathogen.html |title=Giardia |date=July 2015 |website=www.cdc.gov |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=March 1, 2016 }}</ref> | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
*The [[trophozoite]] form of Giardia was first observed in 1681 by [[Antoni van Leeuwenhoek]] in his own diarrheal stools. | |||
*''Giardia'' was initially named ''Cercomonas intestinalis'' by Lambl in 1859.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/giardia/pathogen.html |title=Giardia |date=July 2015 |website=www.cdc.gov |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=March 1, 2016 }}</ref> | *''Giardia'' was initially named ''Cercomonas intestinalis'' by Lambl in 1859.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/giardia/pathogen.html |title=Giardia |date=July 2015 |website=www.cdc.gov |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=March 1, 2016 }}</ref> | ||
*It was then renamed Giardia lamblia by Stiles in 1915 in honor of Professor A. Giard of Paris and Dr. F. Lambl of Prague.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/giardia/pathogen.html |title=Giardia |date=July 2015 |website=www.cdc.gov |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=March 1, 2016 }}</ref> | *It was then renamed Giardia lamblia by Stiles in 1915 in honor of Professor A. Giard of Paris and Dr. F. Lambl of Prague.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/giardia/pathogen.html |title=Giardia |date=July 2015 |website=www.cdc.gov |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=March 1, 2016 }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The trophozoite form of Giardia was first observed in 1681 by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in his own diarrheal stools. Giardia was initially named Cercomonas intestinalis by Lambl in 1859. It was then renamed Giardia lamblia by Stiles in 1915 in honor of Professor A. Giard of Paris and Dr. F. Lambl of Prague.[1]
Historical Perspective
- The trophozoite form of Giardia was first observed in 1681 by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in his own diarrheal stools.
- Giardia was initially named Cercomonas intestinalis by Lambl in 1859.[1]
- It was then renamed Giardia lamblia by Stiles in 1915 in honor of Professor A. Giard of Paris and Dr. F. Lambl of Prague.[1]