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Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Rabbits in Xinjiang, China.
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The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology [J Eukaryot Microbiol] 2018 Nov; Vol. 65 (6), pp. 854-859. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 May 17. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- A total of 321 rabbit fecal samples were collected from 10 farms in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in the samples was 3.4% (11/321), 1.9% (6/321), and 2.8% (9/321), respectively. Small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene sequence analysis identified all 11 Cryptosporidium-positive samples as C. cuniculus. Further subtyping based on the 60-kDaglycoprotein locus (gp60) identified five of the C. cuniculus isolates as subtype VbA24. G. duodenalis genotypes were determined by multilocus sequence typing of the SSU rRNA, triosephosphate isomerase, β-giardin and glutamate dehydrogenase loci, which confirmed that six G. duodenalis isolates belonged to subtype BIV of assemblage B. Analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region, showed that five, three, and one E. bieneusi isolates belonged to genotypes J, BEB8, and Type IV, respectively. These results suggest that Cryptosporidium spp., G. duodenalis, and E. bieneusi isolates from rabbits in China have zoonotic potential.<br /> (© 2018 The Author(s) Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology © 2018 International Society of Protistologists.)
- Subjects :
- Animals
China epidemiology
Cryptosporidiosis epidemiology
Cryptosporidiosis parasitology
Cryptosporidium classification
Cryptosporidium isolation & purification
Cytoskeletal Proteins genetics
DNA, Protozoan genetics
Enterocytozoon classification
Enterocytozoon isolation & purification
Feces parasitology
Giardia lamblia classification
Giardia lamblia isolation & purification
Giardiasis epidemiology
Giardiasis veterinary
Glutamate Dehydrogenase genetics
Microsporidiosis epidemiology
Microsporidiosis veterinary
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Phylogeny
Prevalence
Protozoan Proteins genetics
RNA, Ribosomal genetics
Sequence Analysis
Triose-Phosphate Isomerase genetics
Zoonoses parasitology
Cryptosporidium genetics
Enterocytozoon genetics
Genotype
Giardia lamblia genetics
Rabbits parasitology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1550-7408
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29710421
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12629