Giardia duodenalis multi-locus genotypes in dogs with different levels of synanthropism and clinical signs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In dogs, infections with Giardia duodenalis are mainly caused by assemblages C and D, but also by the potentially zoonotic assemblages A and B. The aims of this study were to assess differences in assemblages (i) between dogs living mainly in close proximity to humans (synanthropic dogs) versus dogs living mainly among other dogs, (ii) between samples of dogs with or without loose stool, and (iii) related to the amount of cysts shedding.

Methods

One hundred eighty-nine qPCR Giardia positive fecal samples of dogs originating from four groups (household, sheltered, hunting, and dogs for which a veterinarian sent a fecal sample to a diagnostic laboratory) were used for genotyping. For this, multi-locus genotyping of beta-giardin, triose phosphate isomerase, and gluta

SUBMITTER: Uiterwijk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709413 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature