Posible rol de la gallareta chica (Fulica leucoptera) en la contaminación de aguas superficiales con quistes de Giardia sp. (Orden Diplomonadida, fam.Hexamitidae)

• Main Authors: Nicolás García Romero, Silvia E. Plaul, Olga Andrea Santelices Iglesias, Paula Fontana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Instituto de Limnología "Raúl A. Ringuelet. (CONICET-UNLP) 2019
• Subjects: Garfia sp; Fulica leucoptera; zoonosis; Argentina; parasitología; Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling; SH1-691; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Animal biochemistry; QP501-801; Chica; Tigre; Whit; Branta canadensis
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/4dba4ab54950410c8aadbf6f75998bb9

Giardia sp. is a genus of endoparasite protozoo of the small intestine, responsible for infections generally asymptomatic, especially in children. They can cause acute, sub acute, and chronic diarrheas and duodenal irritation with increment of the mucus and deficiencies in the absorption of liposolu...