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Epidemiology of Giardia duodenalis assemblages in Brazil: there is still a long way to go

Fantinatti, Maria; Gonçalves-Pinto, Monique; Lopes-Oliveira, Luiz Antonio Pimentel; Da-Cruz, Alda Maria.

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020

Giardia duodenalis infection is distributed worldwide and can achieve prevalence around 60%, especially in developing countries. This protozoan is divided into eight assemblages, in which A and B have high zoonotic potential, whereas C to H are host-specific. This scenario is changing as molecular studie...

Brasil/epidemiología, Heces/parasitología, Genotipo, Giardia/clasificación, Giardia/genética, Giardia/aislamiento & purificación, Giardiasis/diagnóstico, Giardiasis/epidemiología, Giardiasis/parasitología, Giardiasis/veterinaria, Prevalencia, Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa, Zoonosis

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Detection of zoonotic and livestock-specific assemblages of Giardia duodenalis in free-living wild lizards

Abstract Giardia duodenalis is a zoonotic parasite that infects the gut of a wide range of vertebrates, including numerous wildlife species. However, little is known about this protozoan parasite in reptiles. Fecal samples from 31 wild lizards were collected in Galicia (northwest Spain) and screened for ...