title: Characterisation of small double stranded RNA molecule in Cryptosporidium hominis, Cryptosporidium felis and Cryptosporidium meleagridis.
abstract: Coding regions of double stranded RNA molecules from 3 human faecal samples containing Cryptosporidium hominis, C. felis and C. meleagridis were characterised by sequencing and compared with that previously obtained for C. parvum. Sequences outside the coding regions were also obtained. Overall similarities of between 86% and 92% and between 86% and 93% were observed in the nucleotide and amino acid sequences respectively between these species. These larger sequences will allow further molecular tools for detection, identification and characterisation of Cryptosporidium spp.
authors.affiliation: Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leoni
authors.forename: Chris I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Gallimore
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McLauchlin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000235:genetics*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000235:genetics*; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D016053:RNA, Protozoan