Genotyping of potentially zoonotic Giardia duodenalis from exotic and wild animals kept in captivity in Brazil |
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| Authors: | Soares Rodrigo Martins de Souza Sílvio Luís Pereira Silveira Luciane Holsback Funada Mikaela Renata Richtzenhain Leonardo José Gennari Solange M |
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| Institution: | Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de S?o Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, CEP 05508-270 S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil. rosoares@usp.br |
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| Abstract: | We have studied the variability of glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) and small subunit ribosomal (SSU) rRNA coding genes of Giardia species in fecal samples isolated from wild and exotic animals in Brazil, and compared with homologous sequences of isolates from human and domestic animals characterized in previous studies. Cysts of Giardia duodenalis were obtained from feces of naturally infected monkeys (Alouatta fusca) (n=20), chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera) (n=3), ostriches (Struthio camelus) (n=2) and jaguar (Panthera onca) (n=1). Assemblage AI was assigned to the unique isolate of jaguar. All the samples from monkeys, chinchillas, and ostriches were assigned to Assemblage B. There was little evolutionary divergence between the referred isolates and isolates described elsewhere. The Assemblage B isolates identified in this study were closely related to Assemblage BIV isolated from humans. The molecular identification of Assemblages A and B of G. duodenalis isolates from exotic and wild animals demonstrates that such hosts may be a potential reservoir for zoonotic transmission of G. duodenalis. |
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