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Novel cryptosporidium genotypes in sporadic cryptosporidiosis cases: first report of human infections with a cervine genotype.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2002
Ong Corinne S L, Eisler Diane L, Alikhani Alireza, Fung Vicki W K, Tomblin Joan, Bowie William R, Isaac-Renton Judith L
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In this study, we genotyped parasites from the fecal specimens of sporadic cryptosporidiosis cases in British Columbia from 1995 to 1999. Genotyping was conducted by polymerase chain amplification of the internal transcribed spacer region, a hypervariable region in the 18S rRNA gene and the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein gene. Subsequent analysis was by restriction fragment length polymorphism and DNA...
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