Genotypes and public health potential of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Giardia duodenalis in crab-eating macaques

Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Giardia duodenalis are common human and animal pathogens. Studies have increasingly shown that non-human primates (NHPs) are common hosts of these two zoonotic parasites. However, few studies have explored the genetic diversity and public health potential of these pathoge...

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Published in:Parasites & vectors 2019-05, Vol.12 (1), p.254-254, Article 254
Main Authors: Chen, Li, Zhao, Jianguo, Li, Na, Guo, Yaqiong, Feng, Yuanyuan, Feng, Yaoyu, Xiao, Lihua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Analysis
Animals
Aquaculture
Base sequence
Biodiversity
China
Commercial buildings
Crab eating macaque
Crab-eating macaques
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Detection
DNA
DNA sequencing
Eating
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Feces
Females
Genes
Genetic aspects
Genetic diversity
Genetic research
Genetic variation
Genotypes
Giardia
Giardia duodenalis
Giardia lamblia
Health aspects
humans
Identification and classification
internal transcribed spacers
Laboratory animals
Loci
Macaca fascicularis
Males
Marine crustaceans
Microsporidia
Monkeys
Multi-locus genotyping
National parks
Nucleotide sequence
Parasites
Pathogenic microorganisms
Pathogens
PCR
polymerase chain reaction
Primates
Public health
Risk factors
RNA
rRNA
sequence analysis
Sequencing
Spacer
Statistical analysis
Zoonoses
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Summary:Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Giardia duodenalis are common human and animal pathogens. Studies have increasingly shown that non-human primates (NHPs) are common hosts of these two zoonotic parasites. However, few studies have explored the genetic diversity and public health potential of these pathogens in laboratory monkeys. In this study, we examined the genetic diversity of the two pathogens in crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in a commercial facility in Hainan, China. Enterocytozoon bieneusi and G. duodenalis were detected by PCR analysis in 461/1452 (31.7%) and 469/1452 (32.3%) fecal specimens from the animals, respectively. Significantly higher detection rates of E. bieneusi were detected in males (36.5%, 258/706) than in females (26.7%, 160/599; χ  = 14.391, P = 0.0001), in animals with loose stools (41.4%, 151/365) than those with normal stool (28.5%, 310/1087; χ  = 20.83, P 
ISSN:1756-3305
1756-3305
DOI:10.1186/s13071-019-3511-y