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Quantitative shedding of two genotypes of Cryptosporidium parvum in California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi).
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2001
Atwill E R, Camargo S M, Phillips R, Alonso L H, Tate K W, Jensen W A, Bennet J, Little S, Salmon T P
Abstract excerpt
Sixteen percent of California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) were found to be shedding an average of 53,875 Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts/g of feces. Male squirrels had a higher prevalence and higher intensity of shedding than did female squirrels. The majority of C. parvum isolates matched a bovine-murine genotype, with a few isolates resembling a porcine genotype. Higher intensities of shedding by...
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