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Zoonotic assemblages A and B of Giardia duodenalis in Chiroptera from Brazilian Amazon biome.


ABSTRACT: Bats are important reservoirs and spreaders of pathogens. Giardia duodenalis is a globally important protozoan that infects humans and other mammals with considerable public health burden, particularly on the child development. Based on genetic variation and host specificity, G. duodenalis is categorized into eight genotypes/assemblages A-H. Assemblages A and B are widespread globally and are associated with human and animal disease. There is evidence of Giardia in the bat feces from diverse geographic regions, but the G. duodenalis assemblages are unknown, which is a key point for the One Health view. Here, we successfully amplified the BG/GDH/DIS3/HCMP2/HCMP3 targets of G. duodenalis from five bat species captured in the Brazilian Amazon biome revealing the presence of zoonotic G. duodenalis assemblages A and B in the feces of these flying mammals. Our study reveals that bats may play a role in transmission of zoonotic G. duodenalis, at least in this biome.

SUBMITTER: Dos Reis LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11277728 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Zoonotic assemblages A and B of <i>Giardia duodenalis</i> in Chiroptera from Brazilian Amazon biome.

Dos Reis Lisiane Lappe LL   de Souza Lirna Salvioni Silva LSS   Fonseca Fernanda Rodrigues FR   Nava Alessandra Ferreira Dales AFD   Vicente Ana Carolina Paulo ACP  

One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 20240704


Bats are important reservoirs and spreaders of pathogens. <i>Giardia duodenalis</i> is a globally important protozoan that infects humans and other mammals with considerable public health burden, particularly on the child development. Based on genetic variation and host specificity, <i>G. duodenalis</i> is categorized into eight genotypes/assemblages A-H. Assemblages A and B are widespread globally and are associated with human and animal disease. There is evidence of <i>Giardia</i> in the bat f  ...[more]

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