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Morphology is not a reliable tool for delineating species within Cryptosporidium.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Apr 2003
Fall Abbie, Thompson R C Andrew, Hobbs Russell P, Morgan-Ryan Una
Abstract excerpt
Within the coccidia, morphological features of the oocyst stage at the light microscope level have been used more than any other single characteristic to designate genus and species. The aim of this study was to conduct morphometric analysis on a range of Cryptosporidium spp. isolates and to compare morphological data between several genotypes of C. parvum and a second species C. canis, as well as a variation...
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