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. 2008 Nov;14(11):1800-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1411.080239.

Unusual Cryptosporidium genotypes in human cases of diarrhea

Guy Robinson  1 , Kristin Elwin, Rachel M Chalmers
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Unusual Cryptosporidium genotypes in human cases of diarrhea

Guy Robinson et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Nov.

Abstract

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.

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Phylogenetic relationships between 3 unusual Cryptosporidium genotypes and known Cryptosporidium species/genotypes as inferred by a neighbor-joining analysis of the small subunit rRNA gene. Evolutionary distances were calculated by the Kimura 2-parameter model with Eimeria tenella as an outgroup. Bootstrapping values >50% from 1,000 pseudoreplicates are shown at branches.
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