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SUBMITTER: Zhao W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4636423 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Wei W Zhang Weizhe W Yang Ziyin Z Liu Aiqin A Zhang Longxian L Yang Fengkun F Wang Rongjun R Ling Hong H
PloS one 20151106 11
Enterocytozoon bieneusi is the most common species of microsporidia found both in humans and animals. Farmed animals, particularly closely associated to humans, may play an important role of zoonotic reservoir in transmitting this disease to humans. The fur industry is a major economic component in some parts of China. To understand the prevalence, genotype variety and zoonotic risk of E. bieneusi in farmed foxes and raccoon dogs, two species of fur animals, fecal specimens of 110 blue foxes and ...[more]