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The identification and characterisation of an unusual genotype of Cryptosporidium from human faeces as Cryptosporidium meleagridis.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Aug 2000
Pedraza-Díaz S, Amar C, McLauchlin J
Abstract excerpt
An unusual genotype of Cryptosporidium was identified in the faeces of six human patients by PCR/RFLP analysis of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene. Conventional microscopy showed oocysts indistinguishable in size from those of Cryptosporidium parvum, which reacted with two different commercially available anti-oocyst monoclonal antibodies. The isolates were further characterised by PCR/RFLP...
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