Cryptosporidium muris infection in an HIV-infected adult, Kenya.
We describe a case of Cryptosporidium muris infection in an HIV-infected adult with diarrhea in Kenya. Sequence analysis of an 840-bp region of the 18S rRNA gene locus demonstrated the isolate had 100% nucleotide identity with C. muris recovered from a rock hyrax, 98.8% with a C. muris "calf" isolate, 95.5% with C. serpentis, but only 87.8% with C. parvum "human" type.
Gatei
Wangeci
W
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
Ashford
Richard W
RW
Beeching
Nicholas J
NJ
Kamwati
S Kang'ethe
SK
Greensill
Julie
J
Hart
C Anthony
CA
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA
D016053:RNA, Protozoan