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Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR analysis of bovine Cryptosporidium parvum strains isolated from the watershed of the Red River of the North.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 1998
Shianna K V, Rytter R, Spanier J G
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite that causes the disease cryptosporidiosis in a variety of mammals, including neonatal calves and humans. Millions of oocysts are shed during acute cryptosporidiosis, and zoonotic transmission is inferred, though not proven, to be a general phenomenon. Very little is known about the degree of strain variation exhibited by bovine and human isolates, though such...
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