2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.05.002
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Identification of zoonotic Giardia genotypes in marsupials in Australia

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“…Exposure to humans and interactions atypical to those within the natural habitat of sea lions may increase the risk of Giardia transmission within captive environments (Beck et al., 2011). Captive mammals may be exposed to Giardia through human contact during hand feeding and touching by zoo visitors (Thompson et al., 2008). The captive facilities observed in this study have varying levels of visitor interaction programs with sea lions, some even include activities such as swimming with and touching the animals.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Exposure to humans and interactions atypical to those within the natural habitat of sea lions may increase the risk of Giardia transmission within captive environments (Beck et al., 2011). Captive mammals may be exposed to Giardia through human contact during hand feeding and touching by zoo visitors (Thompson et al., 2008). The captive facilities observed in this study have varying levels of visitor interaction programs with sea lions, some even include activities such as swimming with and touching the animals.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Zoonotic transmission is possible; however, this is often unclear, because while G. duodenalis isolated from humans and animals are morphologically identical, the existence of seven major genotypic assemblages from A to G has been found (Thompson 2004). Moreover, new G. duodenalis genotypes are still being described (Lalle et al 2007; Thompson et al 2008b). Such genetic heterogeneity of Giardia complicates epidemiological investigations, the more so as genotypes belonging to assemblage A and B have a wide range of hosts, including humans and many animals (e.g., dogs, livestock, primates, cats, dogs, and wild animals), whereas C-G genotypes of Giardia appear to be host adapted.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Estimates of the prevalence of Giardia in Australian marsupials range from 1.3% to 13.8% [8, 13, 15, 16]. No significant differences in the prevalence of Giardia have been found between captive and wild marsupial populations studied to date [12, 13]. …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%