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Molecular typing of canine Giardia duodenalis isolates from Minas Gerais, Brazil

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 161; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.exppara.2015.12.003

1090-2449

Natália de Melo Nasser Fava, Rodrigo Martins Soares, Luana Araújo Macedo Scalia, Maria Júlia Rodrigues da Cunha, Elaine Silva Marques Faria, Márcia Cristina Cury,

Amoebic Infections and Treatments

Giardia duodenalis (syn. Giardia intestinalis and Giardia lamblia) is a widespread intestinal parasite in mammals, including humans and pets worldwide. It should be considered a species complex and comprises eight assemblage (A–H). This works aimed to determine the genotypic variability among G. duodenalis isolates from dogs from Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Fecal samples of 97 dogs, from 1-to-10 months old from 15 commercial kennels, were collected and analyzed by the zinc sulfate centrifugal flotation technique, to determine their positivity for G. duodenalis cysts. Cysts pellets were stored and submitted to PCR and nested-PCR reactions with gdh and tpi primers, and then sequencing. Among positive samples (n = 19), fragment amplifications of gdh and tpi genes was observed in 16 (84,2%) and 14 (73,6%), respectively. In total, 30 sequences were obtained. Sequencing analysis showed that for gdh, all isolates were identified as host-specific genotype D, and for tpi, besides host-specific genotype C, were also observed zoonotic genotypes A and B. This study provides, for the first time, current information about genetic characterization of G. duodenalis isolates found in dogs in Minas Gerais state.