AUTHOR=Li Junqiang , Wang Haiyan , Wang Rongjun , Zhang Longxian 

TITLE=Giardia duodenalis Infections in Humans and Other Animals in China

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02004

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2017.02004

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p><italic>Giardia duodenalis</italic> is an important zoonotic pathogen in both public and veterinary health, and has been genotyped into at least eight assemblages (A–H), each with a distinct host range. In recent years, this intestinal protozoan parasite has been identified widely in humans and various other animals, and has even been recorded in environmental contaminants. Along with whole genome sequencing of <italic>G. duodenalis</italic>, multilocus sequence typing is increasingly being used to characterize <italic>G. duodenalis</italic> isolates. Here, we review the epidemiology, genotyping, and subtyping of <italic>G. duodenalis</italic> from humans and a wide range of other animals, as well as from wastewater, in China.</p>