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Molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalis isolates from police and farm dogs in China.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Oct 2013
Li Wei, Liu Chengwu, Yu Yuqiang, Li Jianhua, Gong Pengtao, Song Mingxin, Xiao Lihua, Zhang Xichen
Abstract excerpt
To assess the potential zoonotic transmission of giardiasis from dogs in China, a total of 205 fecal specimens from dogs were screened for Giardia duodenalis using PCR and sequence analysis of the triosephosphate isomerase gene. The prevalence of G. duodenalis in dogs was 13.2% (27/205). The potentially zoonotic assemblage A and the dog-specific assemblage C was identified in 25 (12.2%) and two (1.0%) dogs,...
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