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Published on: September 6, 2011
First report of Giardia lamblia in different animals in the United Arab Emirates
A ElBakri1, D F Salahat1, N M Hussein1
1Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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.

