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Treatment and prevention of giardiasis

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If giardia is confirmed or suspected – tinidazole 2g single dose is the treatment of choice in an adult (1).

Prevent - sanitary disposal of faeces, filtration or boiling of water. Cysts resist usual levels of water chlorination.

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