Occurrence of zoonotic Cryptosporidium and Giardia duodenalis species/genotypes in urban rodents

Tan TK 1 , Low VL 2 , Ng WH 3 , Ibrahim J 4 , Wang D 5 , Tan CH 6 Show all authors , Chellappan S 6 , Lim YAL 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: stanley.monas@gmail.com
  • 2 Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Bioscience and Sport Science, Faculty of Applied Science and Computing, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
  • 4 Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, National Defence University of Malaysia, Malaysia
  • 5 Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 6 Department of Bioscience and Sport Science, Faculty of Applied Science and Computing, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 7 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: limailian@um.edu.my
Parasitol Int, 2019 Apr;69:110-113.
PMID: 30590124 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2018.12.007

Abstract

This report describes the detection of zoonotic Cryptosporidium muris, C. parvum subgenotype IIa and Giardia duodenalis genotype B in urban rodents in Malaysia. A rare occurrence of C. meleagridis was also reported suggesting a role of rodents in mechanical transmission of this pathogen. Utilization of DNA sequencing and subtyping analysis confirmed the presence of zoonotic C. parvum subtypes IIaA17G2R1 and IIaA16G3R1 for the first time in rodents.

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