CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2018, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 661-666.

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Advances in molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia

Ning XU, Jian-hai YIN, Yu-juan SHEN, Hua LIU, Jian-ping CAO*()   

  1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Received:2018-07-05 Online:2018-12-30 Published:2019-01-08
  • Contact: Jian-ping CAO E-mail:caojp@chinacdc.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Special Program for Scientific Research of Public Health of China (No. 201502021), the National Science and Technology Major Program of China (No. 2018ZX10713001-004 and 2018ZX10201002-009-004) and the Special National Project on Research and Development of Key Biosafety Technologies of China (No. 2016YFC1201900)

Abstract:

The infections of Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia cause diarrhea mainly and even death in severe cases. Cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis are emerging infectious diseases and the important public health problems that have been neglected and the disease burden is often underestimated. Recently developed molecular biology techniques have played important roles in the detection, genotyping and traceability of these parasitic protozoans. In this paper, the molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia is reviewed in order to provide information for the better prevention and control of these infections.

Key words: Cryptosporidium, Giardia lamblia, Genotyping, Molecular epidemiology, Diarrhea

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