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Prevalence and multilocus genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in alpacas (Vicugna pacos) in Shanxi Province, northern China.
Parasitology research - 1 Dec 2019
Ma Ye-Ting, Zou Yang, Liu Qing, Xie Shi-Chen, Li Run-Li, Zhu Xing-Quan, Gao Wen-Wei
Abstract excerpt
Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a single-celled obligate pathogen that seriously threatens animal and public health. However, information on the prevalence and genotypes of E. bieneusi in alpacas in China is limited. In the present study, 366 fresh fecal samples from alpacas in Shanxi Province, northern China, were collected to detect E. bieneusi by nested PCR amplification of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of...
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