Identification of Giardia lamblia Assemblage E in Humans Points to a New Anthropozoonotic Cycle.
J Infect Dis
; 214(8): 1256-9, 2016 10 15.
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ABSTRACT
Giardia lamblia is a pathogen transmitted by water and food that causes infection worldwide. Giardia genotypes are classified into 8 assemblages (A-H). Assemblages A and B are detected in humans, but they are potentially zoonotic because they infect other mammalian hosts. Giardia in samples from 44 children was genotyped. Conserved fragments of the genes encoding ß-giardin and glutamate dehydrogenase were sequenced and their alignment were carried out with sequences deposited in GenBank. As expected for Rio de Janeiro, the majority of samples were related to assemblage A. Surprisingly, assemblage E was detected in 15 samples. Detection of assemblage E in humans suggests a new zoonotic route of Giardia transmission.
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Proteínas de Protozoários
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Giardia lamblia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Animals
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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En
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J Infect Dis
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article