Potential Zoonotic Transmission of Giardia duodenalis between Children and Calves in Bangladesh
Table 3
Assemblages and subtypes of Giardia duodenalis as determined by sequence analysis of the bg and gdh genes in calves.
Study sites
Isolates
Calf
Assemblages (subtypes)
Sex
Age#
Breed
bg
gdh
Sirajganj
SC06
M
1
HFC
E (Ov230)
-
SC17
M
5
HFC
-
E (E8)
SC25
F
8
HFC
E (E1)
-
SC60
M
3
HFC
E (E1)
E (E9)
SC81
M
4
BrC
E (E9)
E (E3)
SC119
M
4.5
Local
B
-
SUC7
F
2
HFC
-
E
SUC15
F
2
HFC
E (E1)
E
SUC22
F
1
HFC
-
E
SUC34
M
1
HFC
E (E1)
E
SUC78
M
2
JC
-
E
SUC99
F
3
HFC
-
E
Pabna
PC09
M
0.4
Local
-
E (E9)
PC98
F
3.5
HFC
-
E
SPC66
F
6
HFC
E (E1)
E (E8)
SPC06
M
5
JC
B
-
SPC48
F
0.7
HFC
-
E (E8)
SPC52
M
1
JC
A (A1)
A (A1)
SPC55
M
7
HFC
-
E (E3)
SPC73
M
0.7
HFC
-
E (E8)
PIC36
M
2
JC
E
-
PIC54
F
2.1
JC
E
-
PIC78
M
0.7
Local
E
-
PIC107
F
1
HFC
-
A1
PIC125
F
1.7
Local
E
-
PIC140
F
2
Local
-
E
PIC164
F
1
Local
-
E
PIC191
M
2
Local
-
E
PIC203
F
1.3
Local
-
E
Gazipur
GC38
F
3
HFC
-
E (E8)
CCBDF (savar)
SD407
M
1.5
BrC
E (E1)
E
SD6653
F
2.8
HFC
-
A (A4)
SD6701
F
1.4
JC
-
A (A2)
SD6714
F
1.4
HFC
-
E
Note. Asterisks () indicate novel genotypes; hyphens (-) indicate PCR-negative results; hash (#) indicates age in month; M and F indicate male and female, respectively.
