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. 2025 Oct 9;14(10):e0034925.
doi: 10.1128/mra.00349-25. Epub 2025 Sep 4.

Cryptosporidium parvum virus 1 genome sequences from pediatric diarrhea cases in coastal Kenya

Charles N Agoti  1   2 , Regina Njeru  3 , Mike Mwanga  4 , Martin Mutunga  1 , Sanyam Paresh Shah  5 , Ting-Yu Chu  5 , D James Nokes  1 , Matthew Cotten  5   6 , My V T Phan  5
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Cryptosporidium parvum virus 1 genome sequences from pediatric diarrhea cases in coastal Kenya

Charles N Agoti et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

We report nine nearly complete Cryptosporidium parvum virus 1 genome sequences (both segments) recovered from stool samples of pediatric diarrhea patients admitted to Kilifi County Hospital, coastal Kenya. This will be an important resource for monitoring C. parvum infections in humans.

Keywords: Cryptosporidium parvum; Kenya; diarrhea; enteric; virus genomics.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Fig 1
Phylogenetic trees comparing the human CSpV1 virus complete coding sequences from Kenya with other available genomes from GenBank (accession numbers listed for each sequence used). Trees were mid-pointed rooted. Nodes were colored by sample source, human origin sequences from this study are indicated with red nodes in the gray boxes, bootstrap values (>75%) indicate at branch points. Left panel: dsRNA1 genome segment; Right panel: dsRNA2 genome segment.
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