Table 2.
The infections of Giardia duodenalis in different rodents.
| Host animals | Scientific name | Rodent types | Locations | Total No. | Positive no. | Infection (%) | No. of genotyped | Genetic locus | Assemblages | Sub-assemblage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giardia muris | ||||||||||
| Hamsters | Farmed | USA | 1 | SSU rDNA | ||||||
| Mouse | Mus musculus | Lab | Australia | 3 | SSU rDNA | |||||
| Rat | Rattus spp. | Wild | Sweden | 2 | SSU rDNA | |||||
| mouse | Mus musculus | Wild | Sweden | 1 | SSU rDNA | |||||
| Swiss albino mice | Lab | Turkey | 1 | bg | ||||||
| Hamsters | Phodopus sungorus | Farmed | China | 87 | 3 | 3.45% | 3 | SSU rRN, bg, ef-1α | ||
| Berkenhout | Rattus norvegicus | Wild | China | 23 | 4 | 17.39% | 4 | SSU rRN, bg, ef-1α | ||
| Mice | Apodemus spp | Wild | Germany | 93 | 31 | 33.33% | 31 | SSU rDNA | ||
| Voles | Microtus spp | Wild | Germany | 175 | 2 | 1.14% | 2 | SSU rDNA | ||
| Voles | Myodes spp | Wild | Germany | 301 | 3 | 1.00% | 3 | SSU rDNA | ||
| Subtotal | 679 | 43 | 6.33% | 51 | ||||||
| Giardia microti | ||||||||||
| Rats | Rattus norvegicus | Wild | US | 1 | SSU rRNA | |||||
| Deer mice | Peromyscus maniculatus | Wild | US | 1 | SSU rRNA | |||||
| Muskrat | Ondatra zibethicus | Wild | US | 3 | SSU rRN, tpi | |||||
| Mouse | Mus musculus | Wild | Sweden | 1 | SSU rDNA | |||||
| Günther's Voles | Microtus guentheri | Pet | Italy | 2 | SSU rRNA | |||||
| Milne Edwards | Eothenomys melanogaster | Wild | China | 7 | 7 | 100% | 7 | SSU rRNA | ||
| Mice | Apodemus spp | Wild | Germany | 93 | 7 | 7.53% | 7 | SU rRN, bg, gdh | ||
| Voles | Microtus spp | Wild | Germany | 175 | 134 | 76.57% | 134 | SU rRN, bg, gdh | ||
| Voles | Myodes spp | Wild | Germany | 301 | 173 | 57.48% | 173 | SU rRN, bg, gdh | ||
| Subtotal | 576 | 321 | 55.73% | 329 | ||||||
| Giardia cricetidarum | ||||||||||
| Hamsters | Phodopus campbelli | Farmed | China | 9 | 9 | 100% | 9 | SSU rRN, bg, ef-1α | ||
| Hamsters | Mesocricetus auratus | Farmed | China | 11 | 11 | 100% | 11 | SSU rRN, bg, ef-1α | ||
| Hamsters | Phodopus sungorus | Farmed | China | 87 | 36 | 41.38% | 36 | SSU rRN, bg, ef-1α | ||
| Subtotal | 107 | 56 | 52.34% | 56 | ||||||
| Giardia doudenalis | ||||||||||
| Alashan ground squirre | Spermophilus alaschanicus | Wild in the field | China | 99 | 2 | 2.02% | 2 | bg, gdh, tpi | B (2) | |
| Asian house rats | Rattus tanezumi | Wild in the field | China | 33 | 2 | 6.06% | 2 | bg, gdh, tpi | G (2) | |
| Bamboo rat | Rhizomys sinensis | Farmed | China | 480 | 52 | 10.83% | 52 | bg, gdh, tpi | B (52) | |
| Beaver | Castor canadensis | Wild in the field | Canada, United States | 32 | SSU rRNA, Tpi | A (18); B (14) | AI (1) | |||
| Beaver | Castor canadensis | Zoo | United States | 62 | 4 | 6.45% | 4 | TPI, ssrRNA, bg | B (4) | |
| Beaver | Castor fiber | Zoo | China | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | 1 | bg, gdh, tpi | B (1) | |
| Berkenhout | Rattus norvegicus | Wild in the field | China | 23 | 1 | 4.35% | SSU rRN, bg, ef-1α | |||
| Black rats | Rattus rattus | Wild in the field | Iran | 40 | 2 | 5.00% | 2 | tpi | B (1), G (1) | |
| Brown rats | Rattus norvegicus | Wild in the field | China，Iran | 208 | 12 | 5.77% | 12 | bg, gdh, tpi | G (12) | |
| Brown rats | Ruttus norvegicus | Lab | China | 355 | 33 | 9.30% | 33 | bg, gdh, tpi | G (33) | |
| Bush rat | Rattus fuscipes | Wild in the field | Australia | 12 | 1 | 8.33% | 1 | SSU rRNA, bg | C/F (1) | |
| Chinchilla | Chinchilla lanigera | Farmed | Brazil, Romania, Italy, Europe | 976 | 557 | 57.07% | 236 | bg, tpi, gdh, SSU rRNA, ITS | A (2); B (193); C (2), D (33), E (6) | AI (2) |
| Chinchilla | Chinchilla lanigera | Pet | Germany, Belgium, China, Czech Republic | 220 | 91 | 41.36% | 90 | bg, gdh, tpi | A (13) B (62), C (14), E (1) | AI (8), AII (3), AI/AII (2) |
| Chipmunk | Eutamias asiaticus | Pet | China | 279 | 24 | 8.60% | 24 | bg, gdh, tpi | A (13); G (11) | AI (13) |
| Coypus | Myocastor coypus | Farmed | China | 308 | 38 | 12.34% | 38 | bg, gdh, tpi | A (2); B (36) | AI (2) |
| Desmarest's hutia | Capromys pilorides | Pet | Europe | 1 | bg, tpi, SSU rRNA, ITS | B (1) | ||||
| Dolichotis | Dolichotis patagonum | Zoo | China | 15 | 6 | 40.00% | 6 | bg, gdh, tpi | A (3); B (1), E (2) | AI (3) |
| Groundhog | Wild | Canada | 2 | SSU rRNA | A (2) | |||||
| Guinea pig | Cavia porcellus | Lab | Australia | 3 | Allozymesb | A (3) | AI (3) | |||
| Guinea pig | Cavia porcellus | Pet | Sweden | 1 | bg, gdh, tpi | B (1) | ||||
| Guinea pig | Cavia porcellus | Farmed | Europe | 121 | 5 | 4.13% | bg, tpi, SSU rRNA, ITS | |||
| Hamsters | Phodopus sungorus | Farmed | China | 87 | 6 | 6.90% | SSU rRN, bg, ef-1α | |||
| Himalayan marmot | Marmota himalayana | Wild in the field | China, Gansu | 399 | 6 | 1.50% | 6 | bg, gdh, tpi | A (1); B (4), E (1) | |
| House mice | Mus musculus | Free living in community | China | 31 | 1 | 3.23% | 1 | bg, gdh, tpi | G (1) | |
| House mice | Mus musculus | Wild in the field | Iran | 40 | 1 | 2.50% | 1 | tpi | G (1) | |
| Mouse | Pseudomys albocinereus | Wild in the field | Australia | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 1 | SSU rRNA, bg | E (1) | |
| Mouse | Apodemus spp. | Wild in the field | Germany | 82 | 1 | 1.22% | 1 | SU rRNA, bg, gdh | A (1) | |
| Mouse | Mus musculus | Wild in the field | Sweden | 1 | bg, gdh, tpi | A (1) | ||||
| Muskrat | Ondatra zibethicus | Wild in the field | United States | 5 | SSU rRN, tpi | B (5) | ||||
| Muskrat | Ondatra zibethicus | Wild in the field | Romania | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | gdh | C (1) | |
| Norway rats | Rattus norvegicus | Free living in community | Spain | 100 | 35 | 35.00% | gdh, tpi | |||
| Prairie dogs | Cynomys ludovicianus | Lab | USA | 60 | 29 | 48.33% | 29 | bg, gdh, tpi | A (19); B (6), A/B (4) | AI (16), AI/AII (3) |
| Prairie dogs | Cynomys ludovicanus | Pet | Thailand | 79 | 11 | 13.92% | 2 | ssu rRNA, tpi, gdh | A (1); B (1) | AI (1) |
| Prairie dogs | Cynomys ludovicanus | Wild in the field | Canada | 1 | SSU rRNA | A (1) | ||||
| Patagonian cavy | Docilchotis patagonum | Zoo | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | bg, tpi, gdh, SSU rRNA, ITS | B (1) | |
| Prevost's squirrel | Callosciurus prevosti | Zoo | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | bg, tpi, SSU rRNA, ITS | B (1) | |
| Rat | Rattus spp. | Lab | Australia | 2 | Allozymesb | G (2) | ||||
| Rat | Rattus spp. | Wild in the field | Sweden | 8 | bg, gdh, tpi | G (8) | ||||
| Rat | Rattus spp. | Free living in community | Spain | 64 | 9 | 14.06% | 9 | bg, gdh, tpi | G (9) | |
| Rodents | // | Wild in the field | Brazil | 136 | 4 | 2.94% | 4 | gdh, tpi | A (4) | AI (4) |
| urban rodents | / | Free living in community | Malaysia | 134 | 4 | 2.99% | 1 | tpi | B (1) | |
| Voles | Myodes spp. | Wild in the field | Germany | 301 | 4 | 1.33% | 4 | SU rRN, bg, gdh | A (2), B (2) | |
| Wild rodent | // | Wild in the field | Spain | 284 | 73 | 25.70% | 20 | bg, gdh, tpi | B (1); G (19) | |
| Subtotal | 5306 | 1019 | 20.23% | 641 | A (86), B (390), G (99), D (33), C (17), E (11), A/B (4); C/F (1) | AI (53), AII (3), AI/AII (5) | ||||