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Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. from children in Kolkata, India.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2006
Das Pradeep, Roy Seuli Saha, MitraDhar Kakali, Dutta Phalguni, Bhattacharya Mihir K, Sen Abhik, Ganguly Sandipan, Bhattacharya Sujit K, Lal Altaf A, Xiao Lihua
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The intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium is responsible for severe diarrhea in immunocompromised persons in developing countries. Few studies on the characterization of the parasite in India are available. In this study, molecular characterization of the parasite from diarrheic children was carried out by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. At least three genotypes were identified. Out of 40...
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