The course of giardiasis in Mongolian gerbils and SCID mice infected with new strains of Giardia lamblia

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-72

  Sotiriadou, I ^a   Karanis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Giardia lamblia; Infectivity; Inoculation; Mongolian gerbils; SCID mice; Trophozoite

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; STRAIN;

GIARDIASIS; MONGOLIAN GERBILS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GERBIL; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCID MOUSE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2442637564     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2004.0029     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (21)

1. Aggarwal, A., Sharma, G.L., Bhatia, A., Naik, S.R., Chakravarti, R.N. and Vinayak, V.K. (1980). Effect of corticosteroid and irradiation on experimental Giardia lamblia infection in mice. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 74, 369-371.
2. Arguello-Garcia, R. and Ortega-Pierres, M.G. (1997). Giardia duodenalis: analysis of humoral immune responce in experimentally infected gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Arc. Med. Res. 28, 171-178.
3. Astiazaran-Garcia, H., Espinoza-Cantellano, M., Castanon, G., Chavez-Munguia, B. and Martinez-Palomo, A. (2000). Giardia lamblia: effect of infection with symptomatic and asymptomatic isolates on the growth of gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Exp. Parasitol. 95, 128-135.
4. Belosevic, M., Faubert, G.M., MacLean, J.D., Law, C. and Croll, N.A. (1983). Giardia lamblia infections in Mongolian gerbils: An animal model. J. Infect. Dis. 147, 222-226.
5. Buret, A., Gall, D.G. and Olson, M.E. (1991.) Growth, activities of enzymes in the small intestine, and ultrastructure of microvillus border in gerbils infected with Giardia duodenalis. Parasitol. Res. 77, 109-114.
6. Cedillo-Rivera, R., Enciso-Moreno, J.A., Martinez-Palomo, A. and Ortega-Pierres, G. (1989). Giardia lamblia: isoenzyme analysis of 19 axenic stains isolated from symptomatic and asymptomatic patients in Mexico. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 83,644-646.
7. Deselliers, L.P., Tan, D.T., Scott, R.B. and Olson, M.E. (1997). Effects of Giardia lamblia infection on gastrointestinal transit and contractility in Mongolian gerbils. Dic. Dis. Sci. 42, 2411-2419.
8. Hall, A. (1994). Giardia Infections: epidemiology and nutritional consequences. In: Giardia: From Molecules to Disease. Thompson, R.C.A., Reynoldson, A.J. and Lymbery, A.J.J. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, pp 251-280.
9. Homan, W.L., van Enckevort, F H.J., Limper, L., van Eys, G.J.J.M., Schoone, G.J., Kasprzak, W., Majewska, A.C. and van Knapen, F. (1992). Comparison of Giardia isolates from different laboratories by isoenzyme analysis and recombinant DNA probes. Parasitol. Res. 78, 316-323.
10. Homan, W.L. and Mank, T.G. (2001). Human giardiasis: genotype linked differences in clinical symptomatology. Int. J. Parasitol. 31, 822-826.
11. Karanis, P., Opiela, K., Al-Arousi, M. and Seitz, H.M. (1996). A comparison of phase contrast microscopy and an immunofluorescence test for the detection of Giardia spp. in feacal specimens from cattle and wild rodents. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 90, 250-251.
12. Karanis, P. and Ey, P.L. (1998). Characterization of axenic isolates of Giardia intestinalis established from humans and animals in Germany. Parasitol. Res. 84, 442-449.
13. Keister, D.B. (1983). Axenic culture of Giardia lamblia in TYI-S-33 medium supplemented with bile. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 77,487-488.
14. Leitch, G.J., Visvesvara, G.S., Wahlquist, S.P. and Harmon, C.T. (1989). Dietary fiber and giardiasis: dietary fiber reduces rate of intestinal infection by Giardia lamblia in the gerbil. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 41, 512-520.
15. Mank, T.G. and Homan, W.L. (2002). Giardia lamblia: different genotypes different symptoms? In Giardia: the Cosmopolitan Parasite. Olson B.E., Olson M.E. and Wallis P.M. (ed.), CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, pp 313-314.
16. Majewska, A.C. (1994). Successful experimental infections of a human volunteer and Mongolian gerbils with Giardia of animal origin. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 88, 360-362.
17. Meloni, B.P., Lymbery, A.J. and Thompson, R.C.A. (1995). Genetic characterization of isolates of Giardia duodenalis by enzyme electrophoresis: implications for reproductive biology, population structure, taxonomy, and epidemiology. J. Parasitol. 81, 368-383.
18. Roach, P.D. and Wallis, P.M. (1988). Transmission of Giardia duodenalis from human and animals sources in wild mice. In: Advances in Giardia research. Wallis, P.M. and Hammond, B.R., Kananaskis Center for Environmental Research, University of Calgary Press. pp79-82.
19. Roberts-Thomson, I.C., Stevens, D.P., Mahmoud, A.A.F. and Warren, K.S. (1976). Giardiasis in the mouse: An animal model. Gastroenterol. 71, 57-61.
20. Swabby, K.D., Hibler, C.P. and Wegrzyn, J.G. (1988). Infection of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) with Giardia from human and animal sources. In: Advances in Giardia research. Wallis, P.M. and Hammond, B.R., Kananaskis Center for Environmental Research. University of Calgary Press, pp 75-77.
21. Wallis, P.M. (1994). Abiotic transmission-is water really significant? In: Giardia: From Molecules to disease. Thompson, R.C.A., Reynoldson, A.J. and Lymbery, A.J.J., CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, pp 99-122.