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The prevalence of Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in human faecal samples in Ireland.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Feb 2009
Zintl A, Proctor A F, Read C, Dewaal T, Shanaghy N, Fanning S, Mulcahy G
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidium is an important cause of diarrhoeal disease worldwide and, as several recent waterborne outbreaks have shown, poses a significant threat to public health in Ireland. We identified the Cryptosporidium spp. in 199 positive human stool samples by PCR-RFLP of the 18S rRNA and COWP gene loci. Subspecies were identified in 104 samples by sequence analysis of the 60 kDa glycoprotein (gp60) gene fragment....
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