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Cryptosporidium hominis genotypes involved in increased incidence and clusters of cases, Navarra, Spain, 2012.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Apr 2015
Fuentes I, Martín C, Beristain X, Mazón A, Saugar J M, Blanco A, García Cenoz M, Valle-Cristia M, Ezpeleta C, Castilla J
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SUMMARY Two clusters of confirmed cryptosporidiosis infections were detected in Navarra, Spain, in the summer of 2012, in the context of an increased incidence in the region. Molecular subtyping of Cryptosporidium hominis determined that one cluster, occurring in an urban area, was due to the predominant circulating subtype IbA10G2R2 and the other cluster, with cases occurring in a rural area, was due to a rare...
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