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SUBMITTER: Spencer LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7711286 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Spencer Laurie A LA Irwin Mitchell T MT
Heliyon 20201130 11
Few studies have measured the prevalence of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> sp. and <i>Giardia</i> sp. infections in Madagascar. This project provides baseline data of these pathogens in humans and other mammals in Tsinjoarivo. Fecal samples were collected May-July 2014 from lemurs (<i>Propithecus diadema</i> and <i>Hapalemur griseus</i>), humans, domestic animals (cattle, pigs and dogs), and black rats (<i>Rattus rattus</i>). Samples were analyzed utilizing immunofluorescence assay. No lemurs were posit ...[more]