Giardia assemblage A: human genotype in muskoxen in the Canadian Arctic.
As part of an ongoing program assessing the biodiversity and impacts of parasites in Arctic ungulates we examined 72 fecal samples from muskoxen on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada for Giardia and Cryptosporidium. Cryptosporidium spp. were not detected, but 21% of the samples were positive for Giardia. Sequencing of four isolates of Giardia demonstrated G. duodenalis, Assemblage A, a zoonotic genotype.
Kutz
Susan J
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Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. skutz@ucalgary.ca.
Thompson
Rc Andrew
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Polley
Lydden
L
Kandola
Kami
K
Nagy
John
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Wielinga
Caroline M
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Elkin
Brett T
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