Assessment of the subtypes and the zoonotic risk of Blastocystis sp. of experimental macaques in Yunnan province, southwestern China
| Autor: | Ting-Cui Li, Xian-Lan Dong, Jian-Fa Yang, Yu-Lin Zhang, Zhao Li, Wen-Jie Chen, Hong-Xia Li, Feng-Cai Zou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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China
medicine.medical_specialty Veterinary medicine 030231 tropical medicine Blastocystis Infections Polymerase Chain Reaction 030308 mycology & parasitology law.invention Feces 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medical microbiology law Zoonoses Prevalence medicine Animals Humans Colonization Phylogeny 0303 health sciences Blastocystis General Veterinary Phylogenetic tree biology Genetic Variation General Medicine Ribosomal RNA biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Transmission (mechanics) Insect Science Macaca Parasitology Nested polymerase chain reaction |
| Zdroj: | Parasitology Research. 119:741-748 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1955 0932-0113 |
| Popis: | Blastocystis is an enteral eukaryote with an omnipresent existence in animals and humans globally. Animals have been proposed to be a major reservoir for the transmission of Blastocystis to individuals due to their high prevalence and large amount of zoonotic subtypes. However, limited data on Blastocystis infection in experimental macaques in China exists. The objective of the current study was to investigate the frequency and subtypes of Blastocystis infection in macaques in southwestern China. A total of 505 fecal samples were collected from experimental macaques in Yunnan province and were analyzed by nested PCR and phylogenetic analyses on the basis of small subunit rRNA (SSU rRNA) gene fragments. A total of 235 specimens were positive for Blastocystis sp., and the prevalence of Blastocystis sp. was 46.5% (235/505). Significant differences in prevalence were also observed among the various species of macaques (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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