ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Gastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
Protozoal intestinal infections
1A31 — Giardiasis
ICD-11 1A31 — Giardiasis
A condition caused by an infection with the protozoan parasite Giardia. This condition is characterised by gastroenteritis, or may be asymptomatic. Transmission is by the faecal-oral route from the ingestion of contaminated food or water. Confirmation is by identification of Giardia in a faecal sample.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.