Three drinking-water-associated cryptosporidiosis outbreaks, Northern Ireland.
Three recent drinking-water-associated cryptosporidiosis outbreaks in Northern Ireland were investigated by using genotyping and subgenotyping tools. One Cryptosporidium parvum outbreak was caused by the bovine genotype, and two were caused by the human genotype. Subgenotyping analyses indicate that two predominant subgenotypes were associated with these outbreaks and had been circulating in the community.
Glaberman
Scott
S
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA.
Moore
John E
JE
Lowery
Colm J
CJ
Chalmers
Rachel M
RM
Sulaiman
Irshad
I
Elwin
Kristin
K
Rooney
Paul J
PJ
Millar
Beverley C
BC
Dooley
James S G
JS
Lal
Altaf A
AA
Xiao
Lihua
L
D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D009660:Northern Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D014867:Water / Q000469:parasitology*; D014881:Water Supply
D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C106305:oocyst wall protein, Cryptosporidium; D014867:Water