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Tracking host sources of Cryptosporidium spp. in raw water for improved health risk assessment.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2007
Ruecker Norma J, Braithwaite Shannon L, Topp Edward, Edge Thomas, Lapen David R, Wilkes Graham, Robertson Will, Medeiros Diane, Sensen Christoph W, Neumann Norman F
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Recent molecular evidence suggests that different species and/or genotypes of Cryptosporidium display strong host specificity, altering our perceptions regarding the zoonotic potential of this parasite. Molecular forensic profiling of the small-subunit rRNA gene from oocysts enumerated on microscope slides by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency method 1623 was used to identify the range and prevalence of...
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