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. 2011 Oct;85(4):657-9.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0673.

Investigation of potential zoonotic transmission of cryptosporidiosis in southern India

Priya Rajendran  1 , Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Divya Chidambaram, Deepthi Kattula, Deva Prasanna Rajan, Honorine Ward, Gagandeep Kang
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Investigation of potential zoonotic transmission of cryptosporidiosis in southern India

Priya Rajendran et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

The common species and subgenotypes causing cryptosporidiosis were studied in 394 children and 627 animals with diarrhea in Vellore in southern India. Although no zoonotic strains were identified in 13 infected children, 1 of 12 infected animals had C. hominis, indicating the potential for cross-species transmission. This study also reports C. xiaoi for the first time in India.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Phylogenetic analysis of cryptosporidial isolates at the A, actin locus (1,066 basepairs) with VD07 aligning with Cryptosporidium xiaoi (GenBank accession no. FJ896042, 98% identity at the nucleotide level), and the B, heat-shock protein 70 locus (325 basepairs) with VD07 aligning with C. xiaoi (GenBank accession no. FJ896041, 99% identity at nucleotide level). Scale bars indicate nucleotide substitutions per site.
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