Open AccessFirst report of Giardia lamblia in different animals in the United Arab Emirates
Author(s) -
Ali ElBakri,
Dana Salahat,
Nabila M Hussein,
Zeinab Abdallah Ibrahim,
Raed AbuOdeh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.271
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 2521-9855
pISSN - 0127-5720
DOI - 10.47665/tb.38.1.030
Subject(s) - giardia lamblia , biology , genotyping , giardia , genotype , feces , parasite hosting , ribosomal rna , nested polymerase chain reaction , veterinary medicine , polymerase chain reaction , gene , virology , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , world wide web , computer science
The aim of this study was to detect and characterize Giardia lamblia in animals in the UAE. Eighty-seven fecal samples were tested for G. lamblia using the conserved fragment of small subunit (SSU)-rRNA by nested PCR. Giardia-positive isolates were genotyped for assemblages A and B using assemblage specific primers of the triosephosphate isomerase (tpi) gene. Thirty samples (34.5%) were positive for G. lamblia. Conversely, neither genotype A nor B were detected using tpi genotyping on the studied samples. Further investigations are required using higher number of samples including both human and animals in the country taking into consideration the analysis of other genotypes to provide more detailed understanding about the zoonotic transmission of this parasite.