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SUBMITTER: Yu M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7591549 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Mengshi M Liu Xue X Xie Meng M Li Diyan D Ni Qingyong Q Zhang Mingwang M Wu Jiayun J Xu Huailiang H Yao Yongfang Y
International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife 20201021
<i>Enterocytozoon bieneusi</i> is an obligate intracellular parasite and the most common pathogen of microsporidiosis in humans and animals. In this study, a total of 198 fecal samples were collected from 11 captive populations of Rhesus macaque in Chinese zoos, to investigate the prevalence and analyze the zoonotic potential of <i>E. bieneusi</i> by genotype of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) gene on the rRNA of <i>E. bieneusi</i> via nested PCR. Results showed that the average infection ...[more]