Two cases of zoonotic cryptosporidiosis in Spain by the unusual species Cryptosporidium ubiquitum and Cryptosporidium felis.
BACKGROUND
Two cases of infection by zoonotic transmission of unusual species of Cryptosporidium were detected in 2010-2011 in Spain (León and Zaragoza).


METHODS
Cryptosporidium spp. was detected by microscopic examination of modified Ziehl-Neelsen stained fecal smears. PCR-RFLP of the SSUrDNA gene and sequencing of the amplified fragment confirmed the species.


RESULTS
C. ubiquitum and C. felis were identified in samples from an immunocompetent child and from a HIV-positive adult, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first report of human infection by C. ubiquitum (cervine) and autochthonous C. felis, identified in Spain.
Area of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Joanna
J
Cieloszyk
Pilar
P
Goñi
Alicia
A
García
María A
MA
Remacha
Elena
E
Sánchez
Antonio
A
Clavel
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology*