{
  "id": 16701474,
  "title": "Presumptive detection of Giardia lamblia cysts in borehole water in Gombe metropolis, north-eastern Nigeria: a two-round cross-sectional study with implications for water safety",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/presumptive-detection-of-giardia-lamblia-cysts-in-borehole-water-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.25.761622v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Giardia lamblia (syn. G. duodenalis, G. intestinalis) is a flagellated intestinal protozoan and a common cause of waterborne diarrhoeal disease. Its environmentally resistant cysts can persist in untreated groundwater, yet boreholes in Nigeria are widely assumed to be safe and are rarely screened for protozoan parasites. We examined borehole water from ten quarters of Gombe metropolis (Malam…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}