title: Subtypes of Cryptosporidium spp. in mice and other small mammals.
abstract: DNA sequence analysis of the 60 kDa glycoprotein (gp60) gene has been used extensively in subtyping Cryptosporidium hominis in humans and Cryptosporidium parvum in humans and ruminants. In this study, nucleotide sequences of the gp60 gene were obtained from seven Cryptosporidium species and genotypes related to the two species. Altogether, seven subtype families were detected, including four new subtype families. These data should be useful in studies of the transmission and zoonotic potential of cryptosporidiosis in mice and small wild mammals.
authors.affiliation: School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China. yyfeng@ecust.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yaoyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Ashima A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lal
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology; D005289:Ferrets; D005838:Genotype; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D012889:Mephitidae; D051379:Mice; D008907:Mink; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009893:Opossums; D010542:Peromyscus; D048368:Phascolarctidae; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012589:Sciuridae; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; C065610:sialoglycoprotein gp60