Table 4.
Prevalence and Giardia duodenalis assemblages and subtypes reported in animals from Africa
| Country | Animal type | Patient group | Prevalencea
(No. positive/No. tested) |
Giardia duodenalis assemblage (Prevalence in %)b | Subassemblage | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | Wildlife | Wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) | 2.0% (4/210) | A (100) | AII | [122] |
| Domestic | Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) | 11.1% (1/9) | E (100) | |||
| Côte d’Ivoire | Domestic | Dog (Canis familiaris) | 54.5% (6/11) | A (33.3) | [106] | |
| A + B (16.7) | ||||||
| C (33.3) | ||||||
| D (33.3) | ||||||
| Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) | 50% (1/2) | A + B (100) | ||||
| Duck (Cairina moschata) | 33.3% (1/3) | A + B (100) | ||||
| Chicken (Gallus gallus) | 58.1% (18/31) | A (38.9) | ||||
| B (38.9) | ||||||
| A + B (22.2) | ||||||
| Egypt | Domestic | Cattle (Bos taurus) | 6.7% (40/593) | A (15.4) | AI; AII | [80] |
| E (82.7) | ||||||
| A/E (1.9) | ||||||
| Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) | 4.7% (10/211) | A (20.0) | ||||
| Both cattle and buffalo | 53.2% (424/804) by RT-PCR | E (80.0) | ||||
| Egypt | Domestic | Cattle (Bos taurus) | 8.7% (4/46) | E (100) | [169] | |
| Egypt | Domestic | Calves (Bos taurus) | 30.8% (25/58) | A (20.0) | [175] | |
| E (80.0) | ||||||
| Egypt | Wild and cultured | Fish (Tilapia nilotica; Mugil cephalus) | 3.3% (3/92) | A (100) | [171] | |
| Ghana | Wildlife | Colobus monkey (Colobus vellerosus) | 69.2% (74/107) | B (100) | [189] | |
| Rwanda | Wildlife | Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) | 8.5% (11/130) | B (100) | BIVc; BIII | [124] |
| Domestic | Cattle (Bos taurus) | 5.9% (8/135) | E (100) | |||
| Tanzania | Domestic | Zebus cattle (Bos primigenius indicus) | 21.1% (4/19) | A (75.0) | BIV | [123] |
| B (25.0) | ||||||
| Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) | 22.0% (9/41) | E (66.7) | BIV | |||
| B (22.2) | ||||||
| A (11.1) | ||||||
| Uganda | Wildlife | Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) | 2.0% (2/100) | A (100) | [163] | |
| Domestic | Cattle (Bos taurus) | 10.0% (5/50) | A (100.0) | |||
| Uganda | Wildlife | Red colobus (Procolobus badius tephrosceles) | 11.1% | AII | [120] | |
| BIV | ||||||
| E | ||||||
| Domestic | Livestock (cattle, Bos taurus and Bos indicus, n = 25; goats, Capra aegagrus hircus, n = 57; and sheep, Ovis aries, n = 7) | 12.4% | E |
aPrevalence (percentage of number positive out of the total number of animal species tested)
bPrevalence (percentage of species identified out of the total number of species genotyped per animal)
cDominant subassemblage