Giardia duodenalis in Wildlife: Exploring Genotype Diversity in Italy and across Europe.

ABSTRACT: Fragmented data are so far available on genotype diversity of G. duodenalis in wildlife in different countries in Europe, in particular, in Italy. In the present study, G. duodenalis sequences obtained from different Italian wild animals [12 porcupines (Hystrix cristata), 4 wild boars (Sus scrofa), 1 wolf (Canis lupus italicus), 6 Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra)] were compared with those available from wild host species in Europe to add new data on the geographic distribution of Giardia assemblages/sub-assemblages and their transmission patterns among natural hosts. Thirty-eight sequences were obtained by MLG analysis (SSU-rRNA, bg, gdh, and tpi genes) and subsequently compared by phylogenetic and n

SUBMITTER: Guadano Procesi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8777849 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature