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Enteritis due to Giardia lamblia

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Link to WHO Definition

Enteritis due to Giardia lamblia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/947414655

This refers to an infection of the small intestine with a flagellated protozoan parasite, giardia lamblia that colonizes and reproduces in the small intestine, causing giardiasis. This protozoan parasite grows in the upper portions of the small intestine and produces greasy, smelly diarrhoea.