ArticleParasites & vectors2018
Occurrence of Giardia duodenalis assemblages in farmed long-tailed chinchillas Chinchilla lanigera (Rodentia) from Romania.
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- Role of rodents in the zoonotic transmission of giardiasis.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Review
- Detection and Molecular Characterization ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Prevalence and multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in zoo animals in three cities in China.Parasitology research · 2022Article
- Genotyping and subtyping of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis isolates from two wild rodent species in Gansu Province, China.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Zoonotic giardiasis: an update.Parasitology research · 2021Review
- Effects of Tinidazole on Food Intake in Chinchillas (Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2021Article
- Real-Time PCR for Molecular Detection of Zoonotic and Non-ZoonoticMicroorganisms · 2021Article
- Occurrence and Multi-Locus Analysis ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Molecular characterization and zoonotic potential of Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium sp. in farmed masked palm civets (Paguma larvata) in southern China.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- First multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of Giardia duodenalis isolates from humans in Romania.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- First report of Giardia duodenalis infection in bamboo rats.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundGiardia duodenalis is a parasitic protist that infects a large number of species, being localized in the small intestine. Two of the eight recognized assemblages have zoonotic potential, but studies regarding their distribution in less important pet or farm species are scarce. Of these species, the long-tailed chinchilla is a host for Giardia spp., although data on the spread of infection and assemblages involved are confined. The present work aimed to determine the prevalence of Giardia infection and assemblage identification in farmed chinchillas in Romania. A total of 341 fecal samples were collected from 5 farms and microscopically examined using flotation test based on saturated sodium chloride solution. DNA from all positive samples was extracted and identified by PCR targeting the gdh gene.
resultsThe overall prevalence of Giardia infection was 55.7% (190/341); there was no statistically significant difference (P = 0.25) in prevalence between young animals (58.8%) and adults (52.6%). Assemblages B (151/190), D (33/190) and E (6/190) were identified. Among assemblage B, sub-assemblages BIII (6/151) and BIV (145/151) were determined.
conclusionsThis study demonstrates that Giardia spp. infection is highly prevalent in farmed chinchillas from Romania, and the sub-assemblages identified are potentially zoonotic.
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