Genotyping of Giardia intestinalis isolated from people living in Sivas, Turkey


Değerli S., Değerli N., Çeliksöz A., Özçelik S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.42, ss.1268-1272, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-1104-32
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1268-1272
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Giardia intestinalis, gdh, tpi, RFLP, genotyping, subgroups, DUODENALIS, HUMANS, PCR, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM, TRANSMISSION, EXCYSTATION, ASSEMBLAGES, BIOLOGY, GENE
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

he technique of polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) genotyping was used to characterise morphologically identical isolates of Giardia intestinalis from human stool samples.

Materials and methods:

In this study a total of 17 trophozoite samples, obtained either directly from stool samples or after excystation, or by duodenal aspiration, were used. A set of primers was chosen to amplify the different regions of triose phosphate isomerase (tpi) and a segment of the glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) genes. A single-stranded conformational polymorphism technique was also used in an attempt to discriminate among some subgroups.

Results:

Only primers of the 683-bp segment of the tpi gene from the trophozoite samples were suitable for obtaining a PCR product. In the total of 17 trophozoite DNAs where the tpi gene segment was amplified, 9 belonged to assemblage A (53%) and 4 to assemblage B (23.5%). It was not possible to identify assemblages for the remaining 4 samples (23.5%).

Conclusion:

PCR-RFLP tpi gene application was able to discriminate between G. intestinalis assemblage A and B, but not the other subgroups. Since assemblage A is the more prevalent subgroup compared with assemblage B, this subgroup can be said to be responsible for common Giardia infections in Turkey.