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Onder Z, Simsek E, Duzlu O, Yetismis G, Ciloglu A, Okur M, Kokcu ND, Inci A, Yildirim A. Molecular prevalence and genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in cattle in Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:2927-2934. [PMID: 32562064 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06771-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The molecular prevalence and genotypes of Giardia duodenalis in cattle were investigated. A total of 450 fecal samples were collected from cattle in three provinces of Central Anatolia from August 2017 to July 2019. Genomic DNA was extracted from the fecal samples and used in molecular analysis carried out by nested PCR analyses of the β-giardin (bg) gene of G. duodenalis. Positive samples were further analyzed by nested PCR at two gene loci (triosephosphate isomerase (tpi) and glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh)) for genotyping of G. duodenalis isolates. PCR analyses of the bg gene indicated that the overall prevalence of G. duodenalis was 30.2%. However, lower rates were determined with PCR analyses for gdh and tpi loci. The sequence analyses of the bg, gdh, and tpi genes revealed the presence of zoonotic assemblage A and livestock-specific assemblage E. Combined-sequence analyses revealed that assemblage E was the most common in the study area. Our study provides the first data on the wide prevalence of livestock-specific assemblages E in cattle in Turkey. The prevalence of assemblage A in cattle also reveals the importance of cattle for zoonotic transmission of giardiasis in Turkey.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zuhal Onder
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Preclinical Science, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
| | - Gamze Yetismis
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
| | - Arif Ciloglu
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
| | - Abdullah Inci
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
| | - Alparslan Yildirim
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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