Genetic characterizations of Giardia duodenalis in sheep and goats in Heilongjiang Province, China and possibility of zoonotic transmission.

• Main Authors: Weizhe Zhang (Author), Xiaoli Zhang (Author), Rongjun Wang (Author), Aiqin Liu (Author), Yujuan Shen (Author), Hong Ling (Author), Jianping Cao (Author), Fengkun Yang (Author), Xiaoyun Zhang (Author), Longxian Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Giardia duodenalis is a widespread intestinal protozoan of both humans and mammals. To date, few epidemiological studies have assessed the potential and importance of zoonotic transmission; and the human giardiasis burden attributable to G. duodenalis of animal origin is unclear. No info...