Universität zu Köln

Plutzer, Judit ORCID: 0000-0003-3864-4197, Toeroekne, Andrea, Szenasi, Zsuzsanna, Kucsera, Istvan ORCID: 0000-0001-6746-3622, Farkas, Kata ORCID: 0000-0002-7068-3228 and Karanis, Panagiotis (2014). DETECTION AND GENOTYPE ANALYSIS OF GIARDIA DUODENALIS FROM ASYMPTOMATIC HUNGARIAN INHABITANTS AND COMPARATIVE FINDINGS IN THREE DISTINCT LOCATIONS. Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung., 61 (1). S. 19 - 27. BUDAPEST: AKADEMIAI KIADO ZRT. ISSN 1588-2640

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Abstract

The transmission route of giardiasis not yet understood and why some infected individuals remain asymptomatic while others become quite ill. The drinking water quality is supposedly responsible for the prevalence of asymptomatic Giardia duodenalis infections in different areas, therefore asymptomatic giardiasis has been investigated in three water supply areas of Hungary: three hundred stool samples from inhabitants of Budapest, Fuzer and Matrafured were examined by immunological and molecular methods for the presence of G. duodenalis infections. Individuals were asked to fill out a validated questionnaire at the time of stool collection and the interview covered demographic data, family life, education and travel history. In Budapest and in Matrafured in one stool sample G. duodenalis Assemblage A, whereas in Fuzer once G. duodenalis Assemblage A, once Assemblage B and twice mixed infection were detected. We found higher prevalence rate of 4% of G. duodenalis infections of asymptomatic people in the village Fuzer, where the removal of the Giardia cysts of the drinking water treatment plant was not effective. This study throws a light the need to look into the possibility of other risks of Giardia infections such as water transmission routes. To our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating the prevalence of G. duodenalis infections in asymptomatic persons in Hungary.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Plutzer, Judit UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-4197 UNSPECIFIED Toeroekne, Andrea UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Szenasi, Zsuzsanna UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kucsera, Istvan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6746-3622 UNSPECIFIED Farkas, Kata UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7068-3228 UNSPECIFIED Karanis, Panagiotis UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-444632
DOI:	10.1556/AMicr.61.2014.1.3
Journal or Publication Title:	Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung.
Volume:	61
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 19 - 27
Date:	2014
Publisher:	AKADEMIAI KIADO ZRT
Place of Publication:	BUDAPEST
ISSN:	1588-2640
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; TRANSMISSION; INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PCR Multiple languages Immunology; Microbiology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44463