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Molecular investigation of Cryptosporidium in farmed chickens in Hubei Province, China, identifies ‘zoonotic’ subtypes of C. meleagridis

BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidium is a key genus of parasitic protists that infect humans and other vertebrates (mammals and birds). Birds are typically infected with C. avium, C. baileyi, C. galli and/or C. meleagridis, the latter of which is recognised as being zoonotic. Stimulated by the previous findi...

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Autores principales: Liao, Cong, Wang, Tao, Koehler, Anson V., Fan, Yingying, Hu, Min, Gasser, Robin B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6114272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30157928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3056-5