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. 2006 Sep 1;59(9):495-500.
doi: 10.1186/2046-0481-59-9-495.

An Irish perspective on Cryptosporidium. Part 2

Annetta Zintl  1 , Grace Mulcahy, Theo de Waal, Valerie de Waele, Catherine Byrne, Marguerite Clyne, Nicholas Holden, Seamus Fanning
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An Irish perspective on Cryptosporidium. Part 2

Annetta Zintl et al. Ir Vet J. .

Abstract

Cryptosporidiosis, a protozoal disease which causes significant morbidity in humans, is one of the chief causes of diarrhoea in neonatal ruminants. although the parasite poses a significant threat to public health and animal health in Ireland, its epidemiology on the island is only poorly understood. Environmental studies have shown the waterborne parasite to be widespread in some untreated waterbodies around Ireland. The island's hydrogeological situation, combined with high stocking rates of livestock and the absence of filtration from regular water treatment, render it vulnerable to large-scale outbreaks. This review discusses the parasite in the Irish context and underlines the need for a reference facility to provide active surveillance on the island.

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(which was figure 4 in part one of this article, Irish Veterinary Journal[59 (8) pp442-447]) Identification of C. hominis (lanes 2, 3 and 5, 6) and C. parvum (lanes 4 and 7) by PCR-RFLP. Digestion with the endonuclease Sspl results in products of approx 500 and 250 bp in both spp. Digestion with the endonuclease Vspl renders products of approx 590 (C. hominis) and 610 bp (C. parvum). Lanes 1 and 8 are molecular weight markers.
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