Unusual Cryptosporidium genotypes in human cases of diarrhea.
Several Cryptosporidium spp. are known to infect humans, but most cases of illness are caused by Cryptosporidium hominis or C. parvum. During a long-term genotyping in the United Kingdom, we identified 3 unusual Cryptosporidium genotypes (skunk, horse, and rabbit) in human patients with diarrhea.
Robinson
Guy
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UK Cryptosporidium Reference Unit, Swansea, UK.
Elwin
Kristin
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Chalmers
Rachel M
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D033661:Oocysts; D010802:Phylogeny; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D054679:Ribosome Subunits, Small / Q000235:genetics; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D016053:RNA, Protozoan