Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from humans in Equatorial Guinea.
The aim of the study was to perform a molecular characterization of clinical isolates of Cryptosporidium species from Equatorial Guinea. Standard laboratory methods were used to identify 35 cryptosporidiosis cases among 185 patients. PCR-RFLP successfully identified 34 Cryptosporidium species from these 35 cases, comprising C. parvum (52.9%), C. hominis (44.1%) and C. meleagridis (2.9%); over 90% of the species were isolated from HIV-positive patients. This is the first report of the molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium species isolated from humans in Equatorial Guinea and shows that zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission is present in this country.
Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
María Alejandra
MA
Blanco
Asunción
A
Iborra
Antonio
A
Vargas
Eugenia
E
Nsie
Luciano
L
Mbá
Isabel
I
Fuentes
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016703:Equatorial Guinea; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D055815:Young Adult
D016054:DNA, Protozoan