Giardia assemblage A: human genotype in muskoxen in the Canadian Arctic

As part of an ongoing program assessing the biodiversity and impacts of parasites in Arctic ungulates we examined 72 fecal samples from muskoxen on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada for Giardia and Cryptosporidium. Cryptosporidium spp. were not detected, but 21% of the samples were positiv...

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Published in:Parasites & Vectors
Main Authors: Kutz, Susan J, Thompson, RC Andrew, Polley, Lydden, Kandola, Kami, Nagy, John, Wielinga, Caroline M, Elkin, Brett T
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2008
Subjects:
Short Report
Arctic
Canada
Northwest Territories
Banks Island
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2567306
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18808665
https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-1-32
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Summary:As part of an ongoing program assessing the biodiversity and impacts of parasites in Arctic ungulates we examined 72 fecal samples from muskoxen on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada for Giardia and Cryptosporidium. Cryptosporidium spp. were not detected, but 21% of the samples were positive for Giardia. Sequencing of four isolates of Giardia demonstrated G. duodenalis, Assemblage A, a zoonotic genotype.

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