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Rare card · Science
Giardiasis, a Rare card
Giardiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the protist enteropathogen Giardia duodenalis, especially common in children and travelers.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Giardiasis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Giardiasis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Less common ______ include skin rash, hives and joint swelling.
Answer
symptoms. Less common symptoms include skin rash, hives and joint swelling. From the Giardiasis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine 96 · Atomic clock 87 · Motorcycle 82 · Giardiasis 79 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Infected individuals experience steatorrhea, a type of diarrhea with fatty sticky stool, abdominal pain, weight loss, and weakness due to dehydration and malabsorption.
- Less common symptoms include skin rash, hives and joint swelling.
- Symptoms usually begin one to three weeks after exposure and, without treatment, may last two to six weeks or longer.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Giardiasis article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Giardiasis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Giardiasis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : CDC / Mahmud Tari, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
