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Genetic analysis of a Cryptosporidium parvum human genotype 1 isolate passaged through different host species.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2002
Akiyoshi D E, Feng X, Buckholt M A, Widmer G, Tzipori S
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Cryptosporidium parvum TU502, a genotype 1 isolate of human origin, was passaged through three different mammalian hosts, including humans, pigs, and calves. It was confirmed to be genotype 1 by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein gene, direct sequencing of PCR fragments of the small subunit rRNA and beta-tubulin genes, and microsatellite analysis. This...
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