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First Epidemiological Report on the Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Cryptosporidium spp. in Farmed Marine and Wild Freshwater Fish in Central and Eastern of Algeria.
Acta parasitologica - 1 Sept 2022
Reghaissia Nassiba, Maxamhud Sadiya, Laatamna AbdElkarim, Samari Houssem, Dahmane AbdEldjalil, Berima Rabeh, Abdelli Amine, Hakem Ahcene, Baroudi Djamel, Tsaousis Anastasios D
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in six different fish species both from marine and freshwater environments. METHODS: During a period of 2 years (2018-2020), a total of 415 fecal samples and 565 intestinal scrapings were collected in seven provinces from the central and eastern Algeria. From those, 860 fish belonged to six different...
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