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Genotyping of Cryptosporidium isolates from Chamelea gallina clams in Italy.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2004
Traversa Donato, Giangaspero Annunziata, Molini Umberto, Iorio Raffaella, Paoletti Barbara, Otranto Domenico, Giansante Carla
Abstract excerpt
Chamelea gallina clams collected from the mouths of rivers along the Adriatic Sea (central Italy) were found to harbor Cryptosporidium parvum (genotype 2), which is the lineage involved in zoonotic transmission. The clams were collected from the mouths of rivers near whose banks ruminants are brought to graze. This paper reports the environmental spread of C. parvum in Italy and highlights the fact that...
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