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The CpA135 gene as a marker to identify Cryptosporidium species infecting humans.
Parasitology international - 1 Dec 2010
Tosini Fabio, Drumo Rosanna, Elwin Kristin, Chalmers Rachel M, Pozio Edoardo, Cacciò Simone M
Abstract excerpt
Of the 22 species currently recognized as valid in the Cryptosporidium genus, C. parvum and C. hominis account for most cases of human infections worldwide. However, C. meleagridis, C. canis, C. felis, C. suis, C. muris, as well as the cervine, rabbit and monkey Cryptosporidium genotypes, have also been recognized as the etiologic cause of both sporadic and epidemic cryptosporidiosis in humans. Molecular methods...
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