A natural zoonotic giardiasis: infection of a child via Giardia cysts in pet chinchilla droppings

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F18%3A10381644" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/18:10381644 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.07.010" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.07.010</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.07.010" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.parint.2018.07.010</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A natural zoonotic giardiasis: infection of a child via Giardia cysts in pet chinchilla droppings

Original language description

Here, we report a case of direct zoonotic transmission of giardiasis between a pet chinchilla and a human. Microscopic and molecular examinations of stool samples from a child and samples of chinchilla droppings revealed cysts/DNA of Giardia intestinalis. The transmission from the chinchilla to the child has been confirmed as coprophagous after the 1-year-old toddler ingested pet chinchilla droppings. Molecular analysis of the gdh gene from both hosts classified the G. intestinalis cysts into the assemblage B genetic group, which has been previously shown to be characteristic of both human and chinchilla giardiasis. Both Giardia sub-assemblages BIII and BIV were present in the chinchilla droppings, whereas only the sub-assemblage BIV was isolated from the child&apos;s stool sample. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a true zoonotic transmission of giardiasis, supporting the zoonotic potential of assemblage B.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10600 - Biological sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/NV15-33369A" target="_blank" >NV15-33369A: Characteristics of isolates of Giardia intestinalis, a causative agent of the most common intestinal protozoan infection, as diagnostic tools</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Parasitology International

ISSN

1383-5769

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

67

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

759-762

UT code for WoS article

000445986000014

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85051645003