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Emergence of distinct genotypes of Cryptosporidium parvum in structured host populations.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 2006
Tanriverdi Sultan, Markovics Alex, Arslan M Ozkan, Itik Aysel, Shkap Varda, Widmer Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidium parvum is an apicomplexan parasite that infects humans and ruminants. C. parvum isolated from cattle in northeastern Turkey and in Israel was genotyped using multiple polymorphic genetic markers, and the two populations were compared to assess the effect of cattle husbandry on the parasite's population structure. Dairy herds in Israel are permanently confined with essentially no opportunity for...
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