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The population structure of the Cryptosporidium parvum population in Scotland: a complex picture.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2008
Morrison Liam J, Mallon Marianne E, Smith Huw V, MacLeod Annette, Xiao Lihua, Tait Andy
Abstract excerpt
We genotyped 297 Scottish C. parvum samples using micro- and minisatellites. Treated as a single population, the population structure was epidemic. When regional populations were analysed, there was evidence of sub-population structure variations. This was dependent upon excluding sub-groups exhibiting significant genetic distance from the main population, implying genetic sub-structuring. We tested the...
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