ArticleParasitology research2020
Molecular characterization of Balantioides coli in pigs from Shaanxi province, northwestern China.
Article in Parasitology research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- A novel dual-locus genotyping approach reveals epidemiological characteristics ofFood and waterborne parasitology · 2026Article
- From farm to flask: stable genotypes and shifting microbiomes in the ecological dynamics of Balantioides coli from a One Health perspective.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Optimizing Balantioides coli in vitro maintenance: effects of temperature and lipid supplementation in modified Pavlova medium.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Molecular Detection of Balantioides coli in Pigs Employing the Traditional PCR and a Novel Cross-Priming Amplification-Based Lateral Flow Assay.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Development and application of a novel beta-tubulin genotyping tool reveals host-specific transmission cluster in Balantioides coli.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Zoonotic risks and conservation challenges: Gastrointestinal parasites in wild mammals of Chitwan National Park, Nepal.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2025Article
- Prevalence and molecular characterisation of Balantioides coli in pigs raised in Italy.Parasitology research · 2025Article
- Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiota composition and function in wild mice (Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- The Phylogenetic Characterization ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Prevalence and sequence diversity of Balantioides coli in pigs in Xinjiang, China.Parasitology research · 2023Article
- Gastro-intestinal parasites of urban rhesus macaques (International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2023Article
- Zoonotic Parasites in Artiodactyls with Emphasis on the Feral Boar in the Atlantic Forest, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Metagenome of Gut Microbiota Provides a Novel Insight into the Pathogenicity ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Swine Gastrointestinal Parasites in Two Free-Range Farms from Nord-West Region of Romania.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Nanoparticle-Assisted PCR Assay for the Detection ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Identification of ZoonoticAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Parasitic Intestinal Protists of Zoonotic Relevance Detected in Pigs by Metabarcoding and Real-Time PCR.Microorganisms · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Balantioides coli (syn. Balantidium coli) is an important zoonotic but usually neglected protozoa infecting human and a great number of animals, and the pig was considered to be the most important natural host and reservoir. However, no information about the infection of B. coli in pigs in northwestern China was available. In the present study, the prevalence and genetic diversity of B. coli in pigs in Shaanxi province were investigated. A total of 560 fecal samples were collected from pigs of four age groups in five different geographical regions and analyzed by using PCR targeting the ITS1-5.8S rRNA-ITS2 gene fragment. The infection of B. coli was detected in all age groups and regions, with the total prevalence of 16.8% (94/560). Significant differences (P < 0.01) in prevalence were found among four investigated age groups, with the highest in fatteners (38.8%) and the lowest in adults (5.7%). The prevalence was also significantly (P < 0.01) different among pigs from five sampling regions. Sequence analysis revealed two genetic variants, namely, A and B, in these investigated pigs, and both of them were detected in all age groups and regions, with the latter as the predominant one. Further, sixty-eight different haplotypes were found, with 19 and 49 belonged to genetic variants A and B, respectively. The findings in the present study indicated wide distribution and high diversity of B. coli in pigs in Shaanxi province and provided fundamental data for implementing control strategies on B. coli infection in pigs as well as other hosts in this province.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.