Prevalence and multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in dairy calves in Xinjiang, Northwestern China.

Our data indicate that G. duodenalis is a common parasite in dairy calves in Xinjiang, China, and calves appear to be a reservoir of G. duodenalis that is infectious to humans. The differences in the distribution of G. duodenalis assemblage E MLGs from cattle were likely to be because of geographical segregation.