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Genotypic Characterization of Cryptosporidium Species in Humans and Peri-Domestic Animals in Ekiti and Oyo States, Nigeria.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2018
Ayinmode A B, Oliveira B C M, Obebe O O, Dada-Adgebola H O, Ayede A I, Widmer G
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidiosis is one of the leading causes of diarrhea in humans and several other vertebrate species. Because surveys of Cryptosporidium genotypes from animals and humans living in the same region are rare, our understanding of the importance of zoonotic transmission in the epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis remains superficial. PCR was used to amplify a portion of the Cryptosporidium 18S small subunit...
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