Article
First survey of Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Enterocytozoon in diarrhoeic children from Wuhan, China.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2017
Wang Tao, Fan Yingying, Koehler Anson V, Ma Guangxu, Li Tao, Hu Min, Gasser Robin B
Abstract excerpt
Intestinal protozoan pathogens cause significant diarrhoeal diseases in children. However, to date, there has been limited genetic study of the intestinal pathogens Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Enterocytozoon in humans in China, with the exception of research in a small number of cities/provinces. In the present study, PCR-based tools were used to detect and characterise these protistan parasites from 500...
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