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SUBMITTER: Yin J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3108990 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yin Jianhai J Shen Yujuan Y Yuan Zhongying Z Lu Weiyuan W Xu Yuxin Y Cao Jianping J
PloS one 20110603 6
<h4>Background</h4>Cryptosporidium spp. is prevalent globally, pigs are an important Cryptosporidium reservoir. In China, little data regarding rates of Cryptosporidium infections in pigs are available. The present study was therefore aimed at characterizing the distribution of Cryptosporidium species in pigs from two different cities, Shaoxing and Shanghai, from the Yangtze River delta.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Nested PCR to amplify the 18S rRNA locus on DNA extracted from fecal sa ...[more]