Article
Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium parvum from two large suspected waterborne outbreaks. Outbreak Control Team South and West Devon 1995, Incident Management Team and Further Epidemiological and Microbiological Studies Subgroup North Thames 1997.
Communicable disease and public health - 1 Dec 1998
Patel S, Pedraza-Díaz S, McLauchlin J, Casemore D P
Abstract excerpt
Polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR/RFLP) analysis of the Cryptosporidium parvum outer wall protein (COWP) gene was applied to specimens collected from 95 patients with cryptosporidiosis associated with two suspected waterborne outbreaks, 46 sporadic human case...
Topics
- Animals
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cryptosporidium parvum
- DNA, Protozoan
- Disease Outbreaks
- England
- Feces
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genotype
- Humans
- Polymerase Chain Reaction