Abstract
Giardia and Vilém Dušan Lambl.
Highlights
The actual host defense mechanisms responsible for controlling Giardia infections are poorly understood, many studies have demonstrated the development of adaptive immune responses as well as innate mechanisms in humans and other animals
The first description of Giardia had been attributed to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who in his letter to the Royal Society on November 4, 1681, described the presence of microorganisms in his stool [7]
In 1915, the species was renamed to Giardia lamblia by Charles Wardel Stiles to commemorate the work of Alfred Giard and Vilem Dusan Lambl
Summary
The actual host defense mechanisms responsible for controlling Giardia infections are poorly understood, many studies have demonstrated the development of adaptive immune responses as well as innate mechanisms in humans and other animals. The first microscopic drawing of morphological characteristics identifying the parasite Giardia (Figure 1A and 1B) was provided by Vilem Dusan Lambl in 1859 (Text S1) [8], analysing the stool of a child. In 1915, the species was renamed to Giardia lamblia by Charles Wardel Stiles to commemorate the work of Alfred Giard and Vilem Dusan Lambl.
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