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Differential evolution of repetitive sequences in Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2006
Tanriverdi Sultan, Widmer Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis are two morphologically identical species of Apicomplexan protozoa infecting humans. Although the genomes of these species are 97% identical, their host range is strikingly different. C. parvum infects humans and animals and is primarily a zoonotic infection, whereas C. hominis is typically not detected in animals. The extent of genetic polymorphism in both...
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