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Prevalence and subtype diversity of Blastocystis in human and nonhuman primates in North China.
Parasitology research - 1 Aug 2020
Zhu Weining, Wei Ziyan, Li Qiao, Lin Yongchao, Yang Hang, Li Wei
Abstract excerpt
Blastocystis is of public health concern due to its global distribution in diverse animals including humans. Here, fecal specimens sampled from human and nonhuman primates were examined for Blastocystis by PCR and sequence analysis of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene. Among age cohorts, the parasite was positive only for three of 126 (2.4%) adults admitted to a hospital in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, with...
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