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A novel genotype of Cryptosporidium muris from large Japanese field mice, Apodemus speciosus.
Parasitology research - 1 Nov 2005
Hikosaka Kenji, Nakai Yutaka
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Cryptosporidium muris-like oocysts were isolated from large Japanese field mice, Apodemus speciosus. Morphologically, these oocysts resembled those obtained from a C. andersoni Kawatabi isolate but were smaller in size than those from a C.muris isolate. Following oral inoculation of the oocysts into large Japanese field mice and SCID mice, developing stages were found in the stomach epithelium. The infectivity of...
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