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Animal Science and Veterinary
China
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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57
Citations
10059
World Ranking
413
National Ranking
11

Microbiology

D-Index
57
Citations
10097
World Ranking
3614
National Ranking
85

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award

Overview

Longxian Zhang is affiliated with Henan Agricultural University in China. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with a significant emphasis on parasitology and infectious diseases. Zhang's work spans multiple subfields including animal science and zoology, small animals, as well as pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics covered by Zhang's research include parasitic infections and diagnostics, amoebic infections and treatments, coccidia and coccidiosis research, Toxoplasma gondii research studies, helminth infection and control, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and parasitic infections in humans and animals.

Zhang has published extensively, with key papers including:

  • Detection of human intestinal protozoan parasites in vegetables and fruits: a review, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • CRISPR/Cas12a-based on-site diagnostics of Cryptosporidium parvum IId-subtype-family from human and cattle fecal samples, 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • Public health and ecological significance of rodents in Cryptosporidium infections, 2021, One Health
  • Occurrence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, and Blastocystis sp. in captive wild animals in zoos in Henan, China, 2021, BMC Veterinary Research
  • Wastewater pathogen surveillance based on One Health approach, 2023, The Lancet Microbe

Zhang frequently publishes in several scientific journals, notably:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Research Square
  • One Health
  • Acta Tropica
  • Parasite

Frequent co-authors in Zhang's research include Junqiang Li, Rongjun Wang, M Kellis, Kaihui Zhang, and Fuchun Jian. This network of collaborators has contributed to Zhang's extensive portfolio of published research.

Best Publications

  • Zoonotic Cryptosporidium species and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy

    Lin Wang;Hongwei Zhang;Xudong Zhao;Longxian Zhang

  • Subtyping Cryptosporidium ubiquitum, a Zoonotic Pathogen Emerging in Humans

    Na Li;Lihua Xiao;Keri Alderisio;Kristin Elwin

  • Characteristics of Cryptosporidium Transmission in Preweaned Dairy Cattle in Henan, China

    Rongjun Wang;Helei Wang;Yanru Sun;Longxian Zhang

  • Genetic polymorphism and zoonotic potential of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from nonhuman primates in China.

    Robiul Karim;Rongjun Wang;Haiju Dong;Longxian Zhang

  • Cryptosporidium spp. in wild, laboratory, and pet rodents in china: prevalence and molecular characterization

    Chaochao Lv;Longxian Zhang;Rongjun Wang;Fuchun Jian

  • Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in dairy cattle in Ningxia, northwestern China

    Jianying Huang;Daoyou Yue;Meng Qi;Rongjun Wang

  • Widespread occurrence of Cryptosporidium infections in patients with HIV/AIDS: Epidemiology, clinical feature, diagnosis, and therapy

    Rong-jun Wang;Jun-qiang Li;Yuan-cai Chen;Long-xian Zhang

  • Cryptosporidium spp. in pet birds: Genetic diversity and potential public health significance

    Meng Qi;Rongjun Wang;Changshen Ning;Xiaoyu Li

  • Detection of human intestinal protozoan parasites in vegetables and fruits: a review.

    Junqiang Li;Junqiang Li;Zhenzhen Wang;Robiul Karim;Longxian Zhang

  • Distribution and genetic characterizations of Cryptosporidium spp. in pre-weaned dairy calves in Northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province.

    Weizhe Zhang;Rongjun Wang;Fengkun Yang;Longxian Zhang

  • Cryptosporidium tyzzeri n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) in domestic mice (Mus musculus).

    Xupeng Ren;Jinfeng Zhao;Longxian Zhang;Longxian Zhang;Changshen Ning

  • Predomination and new genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in captive nonhuman primates in zoos in China: high genetic diversity and zoonotic significance.

    Robiul Karim;Haiju Dong;Tongyi Li;Fuchang Yu

  • Genetic Diversity in Enterocytozoon bieneusi Isolates from Dogs and Cats in China: Host Specificity and Public Health Implications

    Robiul Karim;Haiju Dong;Fuchang Yu;Fuchun Jian

  • Extended outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a pediatric hospital, China.

    Yaoyu Feng;Lin Wang;Lin Wang;Liping Duan;Luis A. Gomez-Puerta

  • Genetic characterizations of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in humans in Henan, China.

    Rongjun Wang;Xiaosan Zhang;Huili Zhu;Longxian Zhang;Longxian Zhang

  • Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Captive Wildlife at Zhengzhou Zoo, China

    Junqiang Li;Meng Qi;Yankai Chang;Rongjun Wang

  • Giardia duodenalis Infections in Humans and Other Animals in China.

    Junqiang Li;Haiyan Wang;Rongjun Wang;Longxian Zhang

  • Evolution of mitosome metabolism and invasion-related proteins in Cryptosporidium.

    Shiyou Liu;Shiyou Liu;Dawn M. Roellig;Yaqiong Guo;Yaqiong Guo;Na Li;Na Li

  • Genetic Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii Isolates From Pigs in China

    Peng Zhou;Peng Zhou;Hao Nie;Long-Xian Zhang;Hai-Yan Wang

  • Multilocus Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in Dairy Cattle in Henan, China

    Haiyan Wang;Guanghui Zhao;Gongyi Chen;Fuchun Jian

  • First report of zoonotic Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia intestinalis and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in golden takins (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi).

    Guang-Hui Zhao;Shuai-Zhi Du;Hui-Bao Wang;Xiong-Feng Hu

  • Genetic characterizations of Giardia duodenalis in sheep and goats in Heilongjiang Province, China and possibility of zoonotic transmission.

    Weizhe Zhang;Xiaoli Zhang;Rongjun Wang;Aiqin Liu

  • Cervine genotype is the major Cryptosporidium genotype in sheep in China.

    Yongli Wang;Yaoyu Feng;Bin Cui;Fuchun Jian

  • Infection rate of Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in cashmere, dairy and meat goats in China.

    Xian-Qi Peng;Ge-Ru Tian;Guan-Jing Ren;Zheng-Qing Yu

  • Prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and genetic diversity of ITS genotypes in sheep and goats in China.

    Wei Zhao;Weizhe Zhang;Dong Yang;Longxian Zhang

  • Cryptosporidium andersoni is the predominant species in post-weaned and adult dairy cattle in China.

    Rongjun Wang;Guangpeng Ma;Jinfeng Zhao;Qingbin Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Rongjun Wang
Rongjun Wang Henan Agricultural University
Fuchun Jian
Fuchun Jian Henan Agricultural University
Lihua Xiao
Lihua Xiao South China Agricultural University
Yaoyu Feng
Yaoyu Feng South China Agricultural University
Aiqin Liu
Aiqin Liu Harbin Medical University
Yaqiong Guo
Yaqiong Guo South China Agricultural University
Chunlei Su
Chunlei Su University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Xing-Quan Zhu
Xing-Quan Zhu Shanxi Agricultural University
Said Amer
Said Amer Kafrelsheikh University
Getachew Tilahun
Getachew Tilahun Addis Ababa University

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