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Rapid displacement of Cryptosporidium parvum type 1 by type 2 in mixed infections in piglets.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2003
Akiyoshi Donna E, Mor Siobhan, Tzipori Saul
Abstract excerpt
Genotypes 1 and 2 of Cryptosporidium parvum are the primary types associated with infections in humans, with type 1 being by far the predominant genotype. The frequency of mixed infection with both genotypes in humans is relatively rare, while type 1, which experimentally infects other mammals, has been found to naturally infect almost exclusively humans. One possible explanation for the absence of type 1 in...
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