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Genotyping of Cryptosporidium spp. isolated from human stool samples in Switzerland.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Aug 2003
Fretz R, Svoboda P, Ryan U M, Thompson R C A, Tanners M, Baumgartner A
Abstract excerpt
In a study to estimate the frequency of Cryptosporidium infections in Switzerland, stool samples from patients found to be positive for Cryptosporidium spp. by modified Ziehl-Neelson staining and fluorescence microscopy were used for genotyping experiments. With 9 of 12 samples, DNA extraction and subsequent genotyping was successful. All Cryptosporidium-isolates belonged to the bovine genotype. In one stool...
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