Prevalence and genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium in yaks in Qinghai Province of China.

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, species and subtypes of Cryptosporidium infecting yaks in the Qinghai Province of Northwestern China. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. was detected by microscopy and nested-PCR. A total of 586 fecal samples were collected from yaks i...

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Main Authors: Rongsheng Mi, Xiaojuan Wang, Chunhua Li, Yan Huang, Peng Zhou, Zhengfeng Li, Mengtong Lei, Jinzhong Cai, Zhaoguo Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3781125?pdf=render