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Hypothesis: Cryptosporidium genetic diversity mirrors national disease notification rate.
Parasites & vectors - 6 Jun 2015
Takumi Katsuhisa, Cacciò Simone M, van der Giessen Joke, Xiao Lihua, Sprong Hein
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BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidiosis is a gastrointestinal disease affecting many people worldwide. Disease incidence is often unknown and surveillance of human cryptosporidiosis is installed in only a handful of developed countries. A genetic marker that mirrors disease incidence is potentially a powerful tool for monitoring the two primary human infected species of Cryptosporidium. METHODS: We used the molecular...
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