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Cases of cryptosporidiosis co-infections in AIDS patients: a correlation between clinical presentation and GP60 subgenotype lineages from aged formalin-fixed stool samples.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Jul 2011
Del Chierico F, Onori M, Di Bella S, Bordi E, Petrosillo N, Menichella D, Cacciò S M, Callea F, Putignani L
Abstract excerpt
Nine cases of cryptosporidiosis co-infections in AIDS patients were clinically categorised into severe (patients 1, 3, 8 and 9), moderate (patients 4 and 5) and mild (patients 2, 6 and 7). Formalin-fixed faecal specimens from these patients were treated to obtain high quality DNA competent for amplification and sequencing of the 60-kDa glycoprotein (GP60) gene. Sequence analysis revealed that one patient was...
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