Potential Zoonotic Transmission of Giardia duodenalis between Children and Calves in Bangladesh
Table 2
Assemblages, subtypes, and MLGs of Giardia duodenalis as determined by sequence analysis of the bg, gdh, and tpi genes in children.
Study sites
Isolates
Children
Assemblages (subtypes)
MLGs
Sex
Age#
bg
gdh
tpi
Sirajganj
SH04
F
1.2
B (B3)
B
-
SH05
M
0.8
A (A3)
-
-
SH06
M
1.5
-
E (E3)
-
SH14
M
12
-
E
SH19
M
5
-
E (E3)
-
SH22
F
4.5
B (B3)
B (EB10)
-
SH26
M
7
-
E
-
SH28
F
7
B (B3)
B (DN8)
-
SH43
M
13
-
E (E3)
-
SH46
F
5
A (A3)
A (A2)
-
SH53
F
7
B
E (E3)
-
SH56
F
2
B (B3)
B (EB11)
-
SH58
M
1.5
-
E
-
SH72
M
2
B (B3)
B
-
SH76
M
2
B
-
-
SUH39
M
5
B (B3)
B
B (B5)
MLG3
SUH40
M
7
-
-
B (B5)
SUH44
M
2
-
B
B (B2)
SUH45
M
10
-
A (A2)
A (A2)
SUH47
F
4
A (A3)
A (A2)
A (A2)
MLG1
SUH48
F
8
A (A3)
A (A2)
A (A2)
MLG1
SUH50
M
10
-
B
B (B2)
SUH58
F
4
-
A (A2)
A (A2)
SUH70
M
7
A (A3)
A (A2)
A (A2)
MLG1
SNH107
F
0.5
-
-
A (A2)
Pabna
PH05
F
6
B (B3)
B
-
PH44
M
4
B
-
-
PH50
F
3
B (B3)
-
-
PH64
M
1
B
-
-
PSH202
M
7
-
A (A2)
A (A2)
PSH217
F
4.5
-
A (A2)
A (A2)
PSH218
M
4.5
-
B
B (B3)
PSH225
F
7
-
-
B
PSH228
M
8
B (B3)
B
B (B5)
MLG4
PSH245
F
9
-
-
A (A2)
PSH250
M
9
-
-
B (B5)
PSH260
F
7
-
-
B (B5)
PSH282
F
0.8
-
-
B (B5)
PSH283
M
4
D
B
B
MLG5
PSH297
F
3
-
A (A2)
-
PSH302
M
4
A (A2)
A (A2)
A (A2)
MLG2
PSH303
M
4
-
-
A
PSH306
M
8
-
-
A (A2)
PSH307
M
7
-
B
B (MB9)
Gazipur
GH02
F
6
-
B
-
GH11
M
3
-
B
-
GPH337
M
9
-
-
B
GPH340
F
8
B
B
B (B3)
MLG6
GPH304
F
1
A (A2)
-
-
GPH336
M
5
-
B (DN8)
B
GPH355
F
9
A (A2)
A (A2)
A (A2)
MLG2
GPH362
F
3
-
-
B
GPH347
M
0.6
A (A2)
-
A (A2)
Note. Asterisks () indicate novel genotypes; hyphens (-) indicate PCR-negative results; hash (#) indicates age in year; M and F indicate male and female, respectively.
