Article
Enterocytozoon bieneusi in sika deer (Cervus nippon) and red deer (Cervus elaphus): deer specificity and zoonotic potential of ITS genotypes.
Parasitology research - 1 Nov 2014
Zhao Wei, Zhang Weizhe, Wang Rongjun, Liu Weishi, Liu Aiqin, Yang Dong, Yang Fengkun, Karim Md Robiul, Zhang Longxian
Abstract excerpt
As the most common cause of the human microsporidiosis, Enterocytozoon bieneusi has been found in a wide variety of animal hosts. Deers are the ruminant mammals living in a variety of biomes, and the distribution of deer species differ by geography. To understand the prevalence of natural infection of E. bieneusi in deer and to assess their epidemiological role in the transmission of microsporidiosis caused by E....
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.