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Comparative genomic analysis of the IId subtype family of Cryptosporidium parvum.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Apr 2017
Feng Yaoyu, Li Na, Roellig Dawn M, Kelley Alyssa, Liu Guangyuan, Amer Said, Tang Kevin, Zhang Longxian, Xiao Lihua
Abstract excerpt
Host adaptation is known to occur in Cryptosporidium parvum, with IIa and IId subtype families preferentially infecting calves and lambs, respectively. To improve our understanding of the genetic basis of host adaptation in Cryptosporidium parvum, we sequenced the genomes of two IId specimens and one IIa specimen from China and Egypt using the Illumina technique and compared them with the published IIa IOWA...
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