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First detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) in China

Cryptosporidium spp. are opportunistic pathogens that cause diarrhea in a variety of animal hosts. Although they have been reported in many animals, no information has been published on the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus). A total of 287 fec...

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Autores principales: Chai, Yijun, Deng, Lei, Liu, Haifeng, Yao, Jingxin, Zhong, Zhijun, Xiang, Leiqiong, Fu, Hualin, Shen, Liuhong, Zhou, Ziyao, Deng, Junliang, Hu, Yanchun, Peng, Guangneng
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6512345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31081495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019029
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author Chai, Yijun
Deng, Lei
Liu, Haifeng
Yao, Jingxin
Zhong, Zhijun
Xiang, Leiqiong
Fu, Hualin
Shen, Liuhong
Zhou, Ziyao
Deng, Junliang
Hu, Yanchun
Peng, Guangneng
author_facet Chai, Yijun
Deng, Lei
Liu, Haifeng
Yao, Jingxin
Zhong, Zhijun
Xiang, Leiqiong
Fu, Hualin
Shen, Liuhong
Zhou, Ziyao
Deng, Junliang
Hu, Yanchun
Peng, Guangneng
author_sort Chai, Yijun
collection PubMed
description Cryptosporidium spp. are opportunistic pathogens that cause diarrhea in a variety of animal hosts. Although they have been reported in many animals, no information has been published on the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus). A total of 287 fecal specimens were collected from Sichuan province in China; the prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp., measured by nested-PCR amplification of the partial small-subunit (SSU) rRNA gene, was 1.4% (4/287). Three different Cryptosporidium species or genotypes were identified: Cryptosporidium parvum (n = 1), Cryptosporidium wrairi (n = 1), and Cryptosporidium rat genotype II (n = 2). The present study is the first report of Cryptosporidium infection in red-bellied tree squirrels in China. Although there is a relatively low occurrence of Cryptosporidium, the presence of C. parvum and C. wrairi, which were previously reported in humans, indicates that red-bellied tree squirrels may be a source of zoonotic cryptosporidiosis in China.
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spelling pubmed-65123452019-05-29 First detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) in China Chai, Yijun Deng, Lei Liu, Haifeng Yao, Jingxin Zhong, Zhijun Xiang, Leiqiong Fu, Hualin Shen, Liuhong Zhou, Ziyao Deng, Junliang Hu, Yanchun Peng, Guangneng Parasite Short Note Cryptosporidium spp. are opportunistic pathogens that cause diarrhea in a variety of animal hosts. Although they have been reported in many animals, no information has been published on the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus). A total of 287 fecal specimens were collected from Sichuan province in China; the prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp., measured by nested-PCR amplification of the partial small-subunit (SSU) rRNA gene, was 1.4% (4/287). Three different Cryptosporidium species or genotypes were identified: Cryptosporidium parvum (n = 1), Cryptosporidium wrairi (n = 1), and Cryptosporidium rat genotype II (n = 2). The present study is the first report of Cryptosporidium infection in red-bellied tree squirrels in China. Although there is a relatively low occurrence of Cryptosporidium, the presence of C. parvum and C. wrairi, which were previously reported in humans, indicates that red-bellied tree squirrels may be a source of zoonotic cryptosporidiosis in China. EDP Sciences 2019-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6512345/ /pubmed/31081495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019029 Text en © P. Junquera et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2019 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Short Note
Chai, Yijun
Deng, Lei
Liu, Haifeng
Yao, Jingxin
Zhong, Zhijun
Xiang, Leiqiong
Fu, Hualin
Shen, Liuhong
Zhou, Ziyao
Deng, Junliang
Hu, Yanchun
Peng, Guangneng
First detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) in China
title First detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) in China
title_full First detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) in China
title_fullStr First detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) in China
title_full_unstemmed First detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) in China
title_short First detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) in China
title_sort first detection of cryptosporidium spp. in red-bellied tree squirrels (callosciurus erythraeus) in china
topic Short Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6512345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31081495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019029
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