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SUBMITTER: Ma PP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10964852 | biostudies-literature | 2024
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Ping-Ping PP Zou Yang Y Mu Wen-Jie WJ Zhang Yue-Yue YY Li Ya-Qi YQ Liu Zhong-Li ZL Zhang Long L Chen Li-Xian LX Liu Guo-Hua GH Wang Shuai S
Parasite (Paris, France) 20240326
Trichomonads are protozoan symbionts with the capacity to infect vertebrates including humans and non-human primates (NHPs), sometimes with pathogenic effects. However, their diversity and prevalence in NHPs in China are poorly understood. A total of 533 fecal samples were collected from captive NHPs in Yunnan Province, China, of which 461 samples from Macaca fascicularis and 72 from Macaca mulatta. Trichomonadidae species were identified using PCR amplification of the ITS-1/5.8S/ITS-2 sequences ...[more]