title: An evaluation of molecular diagnostic tools for the detection and differentiation of human-pathogenic Cryptosporidium spp.
abstract: The performance of 10 commonly used genotyping tools in the detection and differentiation of 7 human-pathogenic Cryptosporidium spp. (C. hominis, C. parvum, C. meleagridis, C. felis, C. canis, C. muris and Cryptosporidium pig genotype 1) was evaluated. All 3 SU rRNA gene-based tools could amplify the DNA of 7 Cryptosporidium spp. efficiently. However, the tools based on the antigens TRAP-C1, TRAP-C2 and COWP genes, the housekeeping genes HSP70 and DHFR, or a genomic sequence, failed to detect the DNA of C. felis, C. canis, Cryptosporidium pig genotype I, and C. muris. With the exception of 1 tool based on the TRAP-C2 gene, the PCR-RFLP or the PCR sequencing tools evaluated in this study could differentiate C. hominis, C. parvum and C. meleagridis from each other, and 2 SSU rRNA gene-based tools could differentiate all 7 Cryptosporidium spp. Thus, a thorough understanding of the strength and weakness of each technique is needed when using molecular diagnostic tool in epidemiological investigations of human cryptosporidiosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitic Disease, National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA.
authors.forename: Jianlin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017931:DNA Primers; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal