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Molecular characterization of human Cryptosporidium spp. isolates after an unusual increase in late summer 2012.
Parasites & vectors - 10 Mar 2016
Roelfsema Jeroen H, Sprong Hein, Cacciò Simone M, Takumi Katsuhisa, Kroes Michiel, van Pelt Wilfrid, Kortbeek Laetitia M, van der Giessen Joke W B
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BACKGROUND: During the late summer 2012, a number of medical microbiological laboratories (MMLs) reported an unusual increase in cases of cryptosporidiosis, a gastrointestinal infection caused by the protozoan parasites Cryptosporidium spp. Prompted by this signal, the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) started an epidemiological investigation into possible causes. Simultaneously,...
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