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SUBMITTER: Li W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4028308 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Wei W Li Yijing Y Li Weizhi W Yang Jinping J Song Mingxin M Diao Ruinan R Jia Honglin H Lu Yixin Y Zheng Jun J Zhang Xichen X Xiao Lihua L
PloS one 20140520 5
Despite many recent advances in genotype characterization of Enterocytozoon bieneusi worldwide and the exploration of the extent of cross-species transmission of microsporidiosis between humans and animals, the epidemiology of this neglected disease in China is poorly understood. In this study, a very high prevalence (60.3%; 94/156) of E. bieneusi infections in farmed pigs in Jilin province was detected by PCR of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS). DNA sequence analysis of 88 E. bie ...[more]