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Molecular and histopathological characterization of Cryptosporidium and Eimeria species in bats in Japan.
The Journal of veterinary medical science - 13 Sept 2018
Murakoshi Fumi, Koyama Kenji, Akasaka Takumi, Horiuchi Noriyuki, Kato Kentaro
Abstract excerpt
Bats are potential reservoirs of Cryptosporidium and Eimeria. The genus Cryptosporidium infects various vertebrates and causes a diarrheal disease known as cryptosporidiosis. Many epidemiological studies in wild animals have been performed; however, most of them relied on only PCR-based detection because of the difficulty of performing pathological analyses. Accordingly, the natural host and pathogenicity of...
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