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Multilocus typing and population structure of Cryptosporidium from children in Zaragoza, Spain.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2015
Ramo Ana, Quílez Joaquín, Vergara-Castiblanco Claudia, Monteagudo Luis, Del Cacho Emilio, Clavel Antonio
Abstract excerpt
A multilocus typing approach with eight variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) loci and the GP60 gene was used to analyze the inter- and intra-species variation of 44 Cryptosporidium isolates from pediatric patients in Zaragoza city (NE, Spain). Restriction and sequence analyses of the SSU rRNA gene revealed that Cryptosporidium transmission is mostly anthroponotic in this area, with the predominance of...
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