[Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis assemblage B in humans in Zaragoza and León, Spain]

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2010 Dec;28(10):710-2. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2010.04.010. Epub 2010 Oct 8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Objectives: To study Giardia duodenalis assemblages circulating in the health areas of two hospitals in Zaragoza and León (Spain).

Methods: A total of 211 stool samples with Giardia were genotyped by PCR of the tpi gene.

Results: Assemblage B was the most prevalent, both in Zaragoza (84,7%) and León (95,1%). The remaining isolates were identified as AII+B.

Conclusions: We detected the spread of G. duodenalis assemblage B in Zaragoza and in León, with an increase in its prevalence in Zaragoza compared to previous studies.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Animals
  • Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Genotype
  • Giardia lamblia / classification
  • Giardia lamblia / genetics
  • Giardia lamblia / isolation & purification*
  • Giardiasis / epidemiology*
  • Giardiasis / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prevalence
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Young Adult