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Inferences about the global population structures of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2008
Tanriverdi Sultan, Grinberg Alex, Chalmers Rachel M, Hunter Paul R, Petrovic Zorana, Akiyoshi Donna E, London Eric, Zhang Linghui, Tzipori Saul, Tumwine James K, Widmer Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis are two related species of apicomplexan protozoa responsible for the majority of human cases of cryptosporidiosis. In spite of their considerable public health impact, little is known about the population structures of these species. In this study, a battery of C. parvum and C. hominis isolates from seven countries was genotyped using a nine-locus DNA subtyping...
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