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SUBMITTER: Li F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7092434 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Falei F Zhang Zhenjie Z Hu Suhui S Zhao Wentao W Zhao Jianguo J Kváč Martin M Guo Yaqiong Y Li Na N Feng Yaoyu Y Xiao Lihua L
Parasites & vectors 20200324 1
<h4>Background</h4>Bamboo rats are widely farmed in southern China for meat, but their potential in transmitting pathogens to humans and other farm animals remains unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>To understand the transmission of Cryptosporidium spp. in these animals, 709 fecal samples were collected in this study from Chinese bamboo rats (Rhizomys sinensis) on nine farms in Jiangxi, Guangxi and Hainan provinces, China. They were analyzed for Cryptosporidium spp. using PCR and sequence analyses of the s ...[more]