| prevalence and genetic characterization of cryptosporidium infection in java sparrows (lonchura oryzivora) in northern china. | cryptosporidiosis is a cosmopolitan parasitosis that affects a wide range of hosts including birds. as information concerning cryptosporidium in birds is limited, the present study examined the prevalence and genotypes of cryptosporidium in java sparrows in beijing and shangqiu, northern china. three hundred and fifty fecal samples were collected from java sparrows (lonchura oryzivora, 225 white java sparrows and 125 gray java sparrows) in beijing and shangqiu in october 2015, and the samples we ... | 2017 | 28744462 |