Uncovering the genetic diversity of Giardia intestinalis in isolates from outbreaks in New Zealand

Table 1 List of samples from outbreaks and routine surveillance along with the regions in which they occurred

Year	Region	Organism	Sample origin	Number of cases
2010	Hawke’s Bay	Giardia	Giardiasis outbreak	3
2014	Gisborne	Giardia*	Giardiasis outbreak	5
2015	Hawke’s Bay	Giardia	Giardiasis outbreak	5
2016	Christchurch	Giardia	Routine surveillance	1
2017	Auckland	Giardia*	Cryptosporidiosis outbreak	1
2017	Otago	Giardia	Routine surveillance	1
Total				16

Outbreaks where ‘Organism’ is annotated with (*) highlight situations in which Cryptosporidium and Giardia were identified in the same sample. A full list of the samples used in this study can be found in Additional file 1: Table S1

ISSN: 2049-9957