Zhijun Zhong
Identity
· Professor
Education
· 09/2007-06/2010, PhD in Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
· 09/2004-06/2007, M.S. in Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University
· 09/2000-06/2004, B.S. in Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University
Training and Professional Experience
· 2010-2011,Lecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, College of Veterinary Medicine
· 2011-2018, Associate Professor, Sichuan Agricultural University, College of Veterinary Medicine
· 2014-2015, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Davis, College of Veterinary Medicine
· 2019- now, Professor, Sichuan Agricultural University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests
· Focus on the epidemiology, antibiotic resistance, pathogenicity and transmission mechanism of animal pathogen such as Canine parvovirus, Giardia duodenalis, Brucella, Escherichia coli
Selected Publications
· Yan, Guangwen, Zidong Pang, Yan Hu, et al. First Isolation and Multilocus Sequence Typing of Brucella canis from a Subclinically Infected Pet Dog in China. Vet. Sci. 2022, 9, 22 (Corresponding author)
· Ziqi Zhu, Shaoqi Jiang, Mingyu Qi, et al. Prevalence and characterization of antibiotic resistance genes and integrons in Escherichia coli isolates from captive non-human primates of 13 zoos in China, Sci Total Environ, 2021, 798:149268 (Corresponding author)
· Xueping Zhang, Jiangming Dan, Liqin Wang, et al. High genetic diversity of Giardia duodenalis assemblage E in Chinese dairy cattle. Infect Genet Evol. 2021,92:104912. (Corresponding author)
· Ziqi Zhu, Shulei Pan, Bin Wei, et al. High prevalence of multi-drug resistances and diversity of mobile genetic elements in Escherichia coli isolates from captive giant pandas. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,2020,198:110681 (Corresponding author)
· Xueping Zhang, Liqin Wang, Xinting Lan, et al. Occurrence and multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in captive non-human primates from 12 Zoos in China. PLoS One, 2020,15 (2), e0228673 (Corresponding author)
· Yufei Wang, Yuehua Ke, Cuijuan Duan, et al. A small non-coding RNA facilitates Brucella melitensis intracellular survival by regulating the expression of virulence factor. Int J Med Microbiol. 2019,309(3-4):225-231 (Corresponding author)
· Jiaming Dan, Xueping Zhang, Zhihua Ren, et al. Occurrence and multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis from post-weaned dairy calves in Sichuan province, China. PLoS One, 2019, 11 4; 14(11): e0224627 (Corresponding author)
· Zhijun Zhong, Jiaming Dan, Guangwen Yan, et al. Occurrence and genotyping of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium in pre-weaned dairy calves in central Sichuan province, China. Parasite, 2018, 25:45.
· Zhijun Zhong, Rui Tu, Hongping Ou, et al. Occurrence and genetic characterization of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. from adult goats in Sichuan Province, China. PLoS One,2018,13(6):e0199325
· Zhijun Zhong, Yinan Tian, Yuan Song, et al. Molecular characterization and multi-locus genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from captive red kangaroos (Macropus Rufus) in Jiangsu province, China. PLoS One. 2017, 12(8):e0183249.
· Zhijun Zhong, Yinan Tian, Wei Li, et al. Multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in captive non-human primates in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, Southwestern China. PLoS One. 2017, 12(9):e0184913.
· Zhijun Zhong, Wei Li, Lei Deng, et al. Multilocus genotyping of Enterocytozoon bieneusi derived from nonhuman primates in southwest China. PLoS One. 2017, 12(5): e0176926
· Zhijun Zhong, Xiaoyang Xu, Xinran Li,et al. Large-scale identification of small noncoding RNA with strand-specific deep sequencing and characterization of a novel virulence-related sRNA in Brucella melitensis. Scientific Reports, 2016, 26; 6:25123.
· Zhijun Zhong, Luqi Liang, Juan Zhao,et al. First isolation of new canine parvovirus 2a from Tibetan mastiff and global analysis of the full-length VP2 gene of canine parvoviruses 2 in China,Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2014,15, 12166-12187
· Zhijun Zhong, Shuang Yu, Xichun Wang, et al.Human brucellosis in the People's Republic of China during 2005-2010.Int J Infect Dis. 2013 ,17(5):e289-92.
· Zhijun Zhong, Yufei Wang, Jie Xu, et al.Parallel gene loss and acquisition among strains of different Brucella species and biovars. Journal of Microbiology, 2012,50(4): 567–574
· Zhijun Zhong, Lulu Wang, Yanfen Chen, et al. Complete Genome Sequence of Brucella abortus Strain BCB034, a Strain of Biovar 2 Isolated from Human. J Bacteriol, 2012,194(24):6943
· Zhijun Zhong, Yufei Wang, Feng Qiao,et al.Cytotoxicity of Brucella Smooth Strains for Macrophage is Mediated by Increased Secretion of Type IV Secretion System. Microbiology, 2009,155:3392-3402