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Diversity of Cryptosporidium in common voles and description of Cryptosporidium alticolis sp. n. and Cryptosporidium microti sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae).
Parasitology - 1 Feb 2019
Horčičková Michaela, Čondlová Šárka, Holubová Nikola, Sak Bohumil, Květoňová Dana, Hlásková Lenka, Konečný Roman, Sedláček František, Clark Mark, Giddings Catherine, McEvoy John, Kváč Martin
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Fecal samples from wild-caught common voles (n = 328) from 16 locations in the Czech Republic were screened for Cryptosporidium by microscopy and PCR/sequencing at loci coding small-subunit rRNA, Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein, actin and 70 kDa heat shock protein. Cryptosporidium infections were detected in 74 voles (22.6%). Rates of infection did not differ between males and females nor between juveniles...
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