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A rare Cryptosporidium parvum genotype associated with infection of lambs and zoonotic transmission in Italy.
Veterinary parasitology - 16 Jan 2013
Cacciò Simone M, Sannella Anna Rosa, Mariano Valeria, Valentini Silvia, Berti Franco, Tosini Fabio, Pozio Edoardo
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis occurred in a mixed sheep/cattle farm of Central Italy in October 2011. A total of 450 ovines (250 sheep and 200 lambs) and 140 bovines (130 cows and 10 calves) were housed in two separated units, at the time of the outbreak. About half of the lambs had diarrhea due to Cryptosporidium sp. with a mortality rate of 80%; calves were not infected. Genomic DNA was extracted from an...
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