Giant Microbes GIARDIA

NWT Giant Microbes GIARDIA Catch this virus while you can! We already had it! Perfect new condition. Sold out online. Original price includes shipping costs. If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise -- if you drink contaminated water. Learn how to keep today from being the day you get Giardia. A good reminder for campers to be careful about the water they drink… …and where they swim A useful tool for public health experts All About Giardia (Giardia Lamblia) FACTS: Giardia lamblia is a protozoan parasite often acquired during recreational swimming in the lakes and rivers of the great outdoors. Hikers and campers are common carriers and giardiasis (or giardia infection) is sometimes referred to as “hiker’s diarrhea.” Giardia is found in artificial swimming pools and hot tubs, not to mention contaminated drinking water and food. In fact, some estimates suggest that giardia infects up to 20% of the world’s population! A hard outer shell allows giardia to survive in the wide world, but it is most at home in the great indoors of the human and animal intestine. Nevertheless, as victims of circumstance, giardia parasites can find themselves expelled from the intestinal paradise by the usual route. Water runoff then carries them to nearby lakes and streams.