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Experimental evidence for genetic recombination in the opportunistic pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Jan 2002
Feng Xiaochuan, Rich Stephen M, Tzipori Saul, Widmer Giovanni
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Cryptosporidium parvum is an intracellular protozoan parasite causing intestinal malabsorption and diarrhea in humans. The infection is usually self-limiting, although persistent cryptosporidosis is observed in immunocompromised and malnourished individuals. As with other Apicomplexa, the life cycle of Cryptosporidium is thought to comprise a sexual phase, during which a motile microgamont fuses with a sessile...
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