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Detection of the Cryptosporidium parvum "human" genotype in a dugong (Dugong dugon).
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2000
Morgan U M, Xiao L, Hill B D, O'Donoghue P, Limor J, Lal A, Thompson R C
Abstract excerpt
The Cryptosporidium "human" genotype was identified in a paraffin-embedded tissue section from a dugong (Dugong dugon) by 2 independent laboratories. DNA sequencing and polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene and the acetyl CoA synthethase gene clearly identified the genotype as that of the Cryptosporidium variant that infects humans. This is the...
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