Novel insights into the genetic diversity of Balantidium and Balantidium-like cyst-forming ciliates.

• Main Authors: Kateřina Pomajbíková (Author), Miroslav Oborník (Author), Aleš Horák (Author), Klára J Petrželková (Author), J Norman Grim (Author), Bruno Levecke (Author), Angelique Todd (Author), Martin Mulama (Author), John Kiyang (Author), David Modrý (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Balantidiasis is considered a neglected zoonotic disease with pigs serving as reservoir hosts. However, Balantidium coli has been recorded in many other mammalian species, including primates. Here, we evaluated the genetic diversity of B. coli in non-human primates using two gene markers (SSrDNA and...