Giardia intestinalis has been found in a variety of mammals, including humans, and consists of host-specific and zoonotic genotypes. There has been only 1 study of G. intestinalis infection in weasels, but the genotype of its isolate remains unclear. In this study, we report the isolation of Giardia in a ferret exhibited at a pet shop. The isolate was analyzed genetically to validate the possibility of zoonotic transmission. Giardia diagnostic fragments of the small subunit ribosomal RNA, β-giardin, and glutamate dehydrogenase genes were amplified from the ferret isolate and sequenced to reveal the phylogenetic relationships between it and other Giardia species or genotypes of G. intestinalis reported previously. The results showed that the ferret isolate represented the genetic group A-I in assemblage A, which could be a causative agent of human giardiasis.
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February 01 2005
Zoonotic Genotype of Giardia intestinalis Detected in a Ferret
Niichiro Abe;
Niichiro Abe
aDepartment of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0026, Japan
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Carolyn Read;
Carolyn Read
aDepartment of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0026, Japan
bDivision of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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R. C Andrew Thompson;
R. C Andrew Thompson
aDepartment of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0026, Japan
bDivision of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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Motohiro Iseki
Motohiro Iseki
aDepartment of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0026, Japan
cDepartment of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan. [email protected]
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J Parasitol (2005) 91 (1): 179–182.
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Niichiro Abe, Carolyn Read, R. C Andrew Thompson, Motohiro Iseki; Zoonotic Genotype of Giardia intestinalis Detected in a Ferret. J Parasitol 1 February 2005; 91 (1): 179–182. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3405RN
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