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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
120
Citations
52513
World Ranking
144
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award

Overview

Lihua Xiao is affiliated with South China Agricultural University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research spans a range of subfields, with significant focus on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Small Animals, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's work primarily covers topics including Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Amoebic Infections and Treatments, Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology, Parasites and Host Interactions, Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, Dermatological Diseases and Infestations, and Helminth Infection and Control.

The following are some of their recent published papers:

  • Isolation of SARS-CoV-2-related coronavirus from Malayan pangolins, 2020, Nature
  • Taxonomy and molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium and Giardia - a 50 year perspective (1971-2021), 2021, International Journal for Parasitology
  • Isolation and Characterization of 2019-nCoV-like Coronavirus from Malayan Pangolins, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • An Update on Zoonotic Cryptosporidium Species and Genotypes in Humans, 2021, Animals
  • Zoonotic giardiasis: an update, 2021, Parasitology Research

Frequent coauthors they have collaborated with include:

  • Yaoyu Feng
  • Na Li
  • Yaqiong Guo
  • Una Ryan
  • Rui Xu

Lihua Xiao's publications appear regularly in various scientific journals with repeated contributions to:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Parasitology Research
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Best Publications

  • Zoonotic Potential and Molecular Epidemiology of Giardia Species and Giardiasis

    Yaoyu Feng;Lihua Xiao

  • Cryptosporidium Taxonomy: Recent Advances and Implications for Public Health

    Lihua Xiao;Ronald Fayer;Una Ryan;Steve J. Upton

  • Molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis: an update.

    Lihua Xiao

  • A review of the global burden, novel diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccine targets for cryptosporidium

    William Checkley;William Checkley;A. Clinton White;Devan Jaganath;Michael J. Arrowood

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of Cryptosporidium Parasites Based on the Small-Subunit rRNA Gene Locus

    Lihua Xiao;Lillian Escalante;Chunfu Yang;Irshad Sulaiman

  • Isolation of SARS-CoV-2-related coronavirus from Malayan pangolins.

    Kangpeng Xiao;Junqiong Zhai;Yaoyu Feng;Niu Zhou

  • Triosephosphate Isomerase Gene Characterization and Potential Zoonotic Transmission of Giardia duodenalis

    Irshad M. Sulaiman;Ronald Fayer;Caryn Bern;Robert H. Gilman

  • Cryptosporidium species in humans and animals: current understanding and research needs

    Una Ryan;Ronald Fayer;Lihua Xiao

  • Molecular characterisation of species and genotypes of Cryptosporidium and Giardia and assessment of zoonotic transmission

    Lihua Xiao;Ronald Fayer

  • GENETIC DIVERSITY WITHIN CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM AND RELATED CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPECIES

    Lihua Xiao;Una M. Morgan;Josef Limor;Ananias Escalante

  • Identification of 5 types of Cryptosporidium parasites in children in Lima, Peru.

    Lihua Xiao;Caryn Bern;Josef Limor;Irshad Sulaiman

  • Subgenotype Analysis of Cryptosporidium Isolates from Humans, Cattle, and Zoo Ruminants in Portugal

    Margarida Alves;Lihua Xiao;Irshad Sulaiman;Altaf A. Lal

  • Prevalence and age-related variation of Cryptosporidium species and genotypes in dairy calves.

    Mónica Santı́n;James M Trout;Lihua Xiao;Ling Zhou

  • Unique Endemicity of Cryptosporidiosis in Children in Kuwait

    Irshad M. Sulaiman;Parsotam R. Hira;Ling Zhou;Faiza M. Al-Ali

  • Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis

    Lihua Xiao;Vitaliano Cama

  • Cryptosporidium hominis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) from Homo sapiens

    Una M. Morgan-Ryan;Abbie Fall;Lucy A. Ward;Nawal Hijjawi

  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Cryptosporidium

    Yaoyu Feng;Una M. Ryan;Lihua Xiao

  • Zoonotic cryptosporidiosis

    Lihua Xiao and;Yaoyu Feng

  • GENETIC POLYMORPHISM AMONG CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM ISOLATES: EVIDENCE OF TWO DISTINCT HUMAN TRANSMISSION CYCLES

    Peng Mm;Xiao L;Freeman Ar;Arrowood Mj

  • Identification of novel Cryptosporidium genotypes from the Czech Republic

    Una Ryan;Lihua Xiao;Carolyn Read;Ling Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Yaoyu Feng
Yaoyu Feng South China Agricultural University
Altaf A. Lal
Altaf A. Lal Sun Pharma (India)
Yaqiong Guo
Yaqiong Guo South China Agricultural University
Longxian Zhang
Longxian Zhang Henan Agricultural University
Ronald Fayer
Ronald Fayer United States Department of Agriculture
Rongjun Wang
Rongjun Wang Henan Agricultural University
Una Ryan
Una Ryan Murdoch University
Michael J. Arrowood
Michael J. Arrowood Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fuchun Jian
Fuchun Jian Henan Agricultural University
Caryn Bern
Caryn Bern University of California, San Francisco

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