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Microsporidia and Cryptosporidium in horses and donkeys in Algeria: detection of a novel Cryptosporidium hominis subtype family (Ik) in a horse.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 Mar 2015
Laatamna Abd Elkarim, Wagnerová Pavla, Sak Bohumil, Květoňová Dana, Xiao Lihua, Rost Michael, McEvoy John, Saadi Ahmed Rachid, Aissi Meriem, Kváč Martin
Abstract excerpt
A total of 219 and 124 individual fecal samples of horses and donkeys, respectively, were screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium spp., Encephalitozoon spp., and Enterocytozoon bieneusi DNA by genus-specific nested PCR. Isolates were genotyped by sequence analysis of SSU rRNA, GP60, TRAP-C1, COWP, and HSP70 loci in Cryptosporidium, and the ITS region in microsporidia. Cryptosporidium spp. was detected on...
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