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Cryptosporidium canis in Two Mexican Toddlers.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Nov 2016
González-Díaz Mariana, Urrea-Quezada Alejandro, Villegas-Gómez Isaac, Durazo María, Garibay-Escobar Adriana, Hernández Jesús, Xiao Lihua, Valenzuela Olivia
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidium canis is reported for the first time in 2 toddlers in Northwestern Mexico. The 2 toddlers (33 and 34 months old) were symptomatic at diagnosis, presenting diarrhea and fever, and 1 case presented chronic malnutrition. Both toddlers were HIV-negative. C. canis was identified by SspI and VspI restriction enzyme digestion of the 18S rRNA polymerase chain reaction products and confirmed by sequence...
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