Document Type
Article (Restricted)
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Abstract
Nine 50-l surface water samples from a Malaysian recreational lake were examined microscopically using an immunomagnetisable separation-immunofluorescent method. No Cryptosporidium oocysts were detected, but 77.8 of samples contained low numbers of Giardia cysts (range, 0.17-1.1 cysts/l), which were genetically characterised by SSU rRNA gene sequencing. Genotype analyses indicated the presence of Giardia duodenalis assemblage A suggesting potential risk to public health. The present study represents the first contribution to our knowledge of G. duodenalis assemblages in Malaysian recreational water.
Keywords
Animals Cluster Analysis DNA, Protozoan/chemistry/genetics DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry/genetics Fresh Water/*parasitology Genes, rRNA Giardia/*classification/genetics/*isolation & purification Humans Immunomagnetic Separation/methods Malaysia Molecular Sequence Data Parasitology/methods Phylogeny RNA, Protozoan/genetics RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA
Divisions
Parasit
Publication Title
Parasitology Research
Volume
106
Issue
1
Publisher
Springer
Additional Information
Lim, Yvonne A L Ramasame, Sharmila D Mahdy, Mohammed A K Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff W Smith, Huw V eng Germany 2009/08/26 09:00 Parasitol Res. 2009 Dec;106(1):289-91.