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High prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in asymptomatic pigs and assessment of zoonotic risk at the genotype level.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2014
Zhao Wei, Zhang Weizhe, Yang Fengkun, Cao Jianping, Liu Hua, Yang Dong, Shen Yujuan, Liu Aiqin
Abstract excerpt
Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an emerging and clinically significant enteric parasite infecting humans and animals and can cause life-threatening diarrhea in immunocompromised people. Pigs are considered to be one of the main reservoir hosts of E. bieneusi based on their high prevalence rates and zoonotic genotypes in pigs. As an opportunistic pathogen, E. bieneusi infection of pigs can be inapparent, which leads to...
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