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Occurrence and multilocus genotyping of Giardia intestinalis assemblage C and D in farmed raccoon dogs, Nyctereutes procyonoides, in China.
Parasites & vectors - 30 Aug 2016
Zhang Xiao-Xuan, Zheng Wen-Bin, Ma Jian-Gang, Yao Qiu-Xia, Zou Yang, Bubu Cai-Jia, Zhao Quan, Zhu Xing-Quan
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BACKGROUND: Giardia intestinalis, the only causative agent of human giardiasis, can infect a wide range of animals. As no information concerning the prevalence and genotyping of G. intestinalis in raccoon dogs in China is available, examination of 305 faecal samples from raccoon dogs in Jilin Province (n = 110), Heilongjiang Province (n = 40), Liaoning Province (n = 72), Hebei Province (n = 54) and Shandong...
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