Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Volume 211, Issue 5-6, Pages 524-533Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2008.04.004
Keywords
Giardia; Cryptosporidium; Water; Hungary; IFT; PCR; Genotyping
Funding
- European Commission [FOOD-CT-2006-036306]
- Japan Society for the promotion of Science
- 21st Century COE Program (A-1)
- Ministry of Education, Sports, Science, and Technology of japan
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We investigated the prevalence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium species and analysed the genotypes in 36 samples collected from different water sources and various geographic areas in Hungary. Samples were collected from drinking water and sewage treatment plants and from the recreation area of Lake Balaton. The (oo)cysts were purified according to the US EPA 1623 method and they were detected by immunofluorescence test (IFT). Genomic DNA was extracted from all samples and then the GDH target gene for Giardia and the SSUrDNA for both Giardia and for Cryptosporidium species were amplified by PCR. 24 out of 36 samples (67%) were Giardia positive and 15 (42%) were Cryptosporidium positive by IFT. PCR confirmed that 13 out of 36 samples (36%) were Giardia positive and 10 (28%) contained Twelve Giardia and two Cryptosporidium PCR products were successfully sequenced. In seven samples G. lamblia Assemblage A and in one sample Assemblage B and in four cases Assemblages A and B have been found. In one sample C parvum and in the other separate sample C meleagridis were detected. Sequence analysis revealed a new subtype of G. duodenalis complex, clustered close to the Assemblage A group. This study provides the first report on simultaneous detection and genotyping of G duodenalis and Cryptosporidium species from water supplies in Hungary. (C) 2008 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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