Giardiasis - Beaver Fever
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Description: Fact sheet on the disease with cause, transmission, prevention, and treatment.
Giardia Infection - HealthLink BC File #10 is a parasite that infects the intestines of humans and animals. When a person gets sick, the infection is called giardiasis, or ‘beaver fever’. Giardiasis is one of the more frequently identified infectious causes of diarrhea lasting more than 2 weeks. It is a common cause of diarrheal illness among hikers in wilderness areas and travellers who drink water that has not been properly filtered, treated or boiled.
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| Page title: | Giardia Infection - HealthLink BC File #10 |
| Keywords: | giardia infection, parasite, beaver fever, diarrhea, hiking, wilderness, drinking water, contaminated, incontinence, infection, boil water advisory, water filter, healthlinkbc, healthlinkbc file, health link bc, health file |
| Description: | The HealthLink BC Files are a series of over 200 one-page, easy to understand fact sheets about a wide range of public and environmental health and safety issues. |
| IP-address: | 142.31.99.151 |
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| NS | Name servers: dns1.gov.bc.ca 192.75.26.15 2001:470:29:B008::1:BCCA dns2.gov.bc.ca 142.22.250.77 2001:470:29:B008::2:BCCA ns1.gov.bc.ca 192.75.26.15 2001:470:29:B008::1:BCCA ns2.gov.bc.ca 142.22.250.77 2001:470:29:B008::2:BCCA ns3.gov.bc.ca 142.32.100.15 2001:470:29:B008::3:BCCA |
| WHOIS | status: registered |
| Date | Creation date: 2008/11/04 Expiry date: 2021/11/04 |