Prevalence and molecular characterization of <i>Pentatrichomonas hominis</i> in Siberian tigers (<i>Panthera tigris altaica</i>) in northeast China
Hongbo ZHANG, Nan Zhang, Pengtao Gong, Shuqin Cheng, Xiaocen WANG, Xin Li, Zhijun Hou, Chang Liu, Tianqi BI, Bo‐Bo Wang, Yidan Cheng, Jianhua Li, Xichen Zhang
Abstract
The overall infection rate of Pentatrichomonas hominis in Siberian tigers in northeast China is 31.3%. All the P. hominis identified in Siberian tigers belonged to genotype CC1.
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PantheraChinaBiologyVeterinary medicineGenotypeZoologyGeographyEcologyPredationMedicineGeneArchaeologyGeneticsMicrobial infections and disease researchVector-borne infectious diseasesYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research