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Cryptosporidium cuniculus--new records in human and kangaroo in Australia.
Parasites & vectors - 30 Oct 2014
Koehler Anson V, Whipp Margaret J, Haydon Shane R, Gasser Robin B
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BACKGROUND: To date, Cryptosporidium cuniculus has been found exclusively in rabbits and humans. The present study provides the first published molecular evidence for C. cuniculus in an Australian human patient as well as a kangaroo. FINDINGS: Using PCR-based sequencing of regions in the actin, 60 kDa glycoprotein (gp60) and small subunit of ribosomal RNA (SSU) genes, we identified a new and unique C. cuniculus...
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