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Molecular characterization of a new genotype of Cryptosporidium from American minks (Mustela vison) in China.
Veterinary parasitology - 14 Jun 2008
Wang Rongjun, Zhang Longxian, Feng Yaoyu, Ning Changshen, Jian Fuchun, Xiao Lihua, Zhao Jinfeng, Wang Yongli
Abstract excerpt
A total of 469 fecal samples were collected from American minks (Mustela vison) on a farm in Hebei Province in China and examined for Cryptosporidium by Sheather's sugar flotation technique and 8 Cryptosporidim isolates were obtained. The partial 18S rRNA, 70kDa heat shock protein (HSP70), Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) and actin genes of six isolates were sequenced. Sequence data were analyzed...
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