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

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

Susan J Kutz¹ , RC Andrew Thompson² , Lydden Polley³ , Kami Kandola⁴ , John Nagy⁵ , Caroline M Wielinga² and Brett T Elkin¹^,5

¹Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

²World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia

³Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

⁴Health Protection and Promotion Office, Stanton Territorial Health Authority. P.O. Box 10, Yellowknife, NT, Canada

⁵Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, NT, Canada

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Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:32doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-32


Published:	22 September 2008

Abstract

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.