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Molecular genotyping of human cryptosporidiosis in Northern Ireland: epidemiological aspects and review.
Irish journal of medical science - 1 Jan 2001
Lowery C J, Millar B C, Moore J E, Xu J, Xiao L, Rooney P J, Crothers L, Dooley J S
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BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidium parvum is the most common of the protozoal pathogens associated with gastrointestinal disease in Northern Ireland. Genotyping techniques are valuable in helping to elucidate sources and modes of transmission of this parasite. There have been no reports on the prevalence of genotypes in Northern Ireland, mainly due to a lack of discriminatory genotyping techniques, which recently have...
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