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Animal propagation and genomic survey of a genotype 1 isolate of Cryptosporidium parvum.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 May 2000
Widmer G, Akiyoshi D, Buckholt M A, Feng X, Rich S M, Deary K M, Bowman C A, Xu P, Wang Y, Wang X, Buck G A, Tzipori S
Abstract excerpt
Human cryptosporidiosis is attributed to two major Cryptosporidium parvum genotypes of which type 1 appears to be the predominant. Most laboratory investigations however are performed using genotype 2 isolates, the only type which readily infects laboratory animals. So far type 1 has only been identified in humans and primates. A type 1 isolate, obtained from an individual with HIV and cryptosporidiosis, was...
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