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High diversity of human-pathogenic Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in swine in northeast China.
Parasitology research - 1 Mar 2014
Li Wei, Diao Ruinan, Yang Jinping, Xiao Lihua, Lu Yixin, Li Yijing, Song Mingxin
Abstract excerpt
Despite the advances in defining Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes worldwide, rare genotypic surveys have been documented on this ubiquitous pathogenic protozoan in mammals in China, especially the role of pigs in zoonotic transmission of microsporidiosis remains unclear. In this study, the distribution of E. bieneusi genotypes in 113 duodenal mucosal specimens of pigs with acute diarrhea from 15 cities in...
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