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Genetic polymorphism and zoonotic potential of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from nonhuman primates in China.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2014
Karim Md Robiul, Wang Rongjun, Dong Haiju, Zhang Longxian, Li Jian, Zhang Sumei, Rume Farzana Islam, Qi Meng, Jian Fuchun, Sun Mingfei, Yang Guangyou, Zou Fengcai, Ning Changshen, Xiao Lihua
Abstract excerpt
Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an important zoonotic pathogen. To assess the human-infective potential of E. bieneusi in nonhuman primates (NHPs), we examined the prevalence and genotype distribution of E. bieneusi in 23 NHP species by PCR and sequence analysis of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS). A total of 1,386 fecal specimens from NHPs from five provinces in China were examined, and E. bieneusi was...
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