First report of giardia lamblia in different animals in the United Arab Emirates

A. Elbakri; D. F. Salahat; N. M. Hussein; Z. A. Ibrahim; R. O. Abuodeh

doi:10.47665/tb.38.1.030

First report of giardia lamblia in different animals in the United Arab Emirates

A. Elbakri
, D. F. Salahat
, N. M. Hussein
, Z. A. Ibrahim
, R. O. Abuodeh

University of Sharjah

University of Sharjah

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	180-182
Number of pages	3
Journal	Tropical Biomedicine
Volume	38
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.38.1.030
State	Published - 2021

Keywords

Animals
Giardia lamblia
PCR
SSU-rRNA gene
United Arab Emirates

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First report of giardia lamblia in different animals in the United Arab Emirates

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