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Review
. 2024 Jul:222:106957.
doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2024.106957. Epub 2024 May 20.

Cryptosporidium occultus in disguise

Christen Rune Stensvold  1 , Alba Martí-Marco  2 , Samantha Moratal  3 , Marianne Lebbad  4 , David Carmena  5
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Cryptosporidium occultus in disguise

Christen Rune Stensvold et al. J Microbiol Methods. 2024 Jul.
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Abstract

As data accumulate in GenBank, the difficulties of delineating species of Cryptosporidium based on nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA (ssu rRNA) gene information alone becomes increasingly evident. Here, we summarize currently available evidence suggesting that several ssu rDNA sequences primarily referred to as Cryptosporidium suis (some of them from non-suid hosts) should be considered Cryptosporidium occultus.

Keywords: Apicomplexa; Epidemiology; Genetic diversity; Host specificity; House-keeping genes; Molecular characterization; Protozoa; Taxonomy; Transmission; Typing.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.