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Prevalence, genetic characteristics, and zoonotic potential of Cryptosporidium species causing infections in farm rabbits in China.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2010
Shi Ke, Jian Fuchuan, Lv Chaochao, Ning Changshen, Zhang Longxian, Ren Xupeng, Dearen Theresa K, Li Na, Qi Meng, Xiao Lihua
Abstract excerpt
To assess the prevalence and public health significance of rabbit cryptosporidiosis, a total of 1,081 fecal specimens were collected between October 2007 and April 2008 from rabbits on eight farms in five different areas in Henan Province, China, and were examined by microscopy after Sheather's sucrose flotation and modified acid-fast staining. The average infection rate of Cryptosporidium was 3.4% (37/1,081...
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