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SUBMITTER: Hunter PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2725800 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hunter Paul R PR Hadfield Stephen J SJ Wilkinson Dawn D Lake Iain R IR Harrison Florence C D FC Chalmers Rachel M RM
Emerging infectious diseases 20070101 1
The 2 main species of Cryptosporidium that infect humans are Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum. Here, multilocus fragment analysis of 3 microsatellite loci (ML1, ML2, and gp60) was used to subtype strains from sporadic cases of cryptosporidiosis in Wales and northwest England. Of 72 strains of C. parvum, 63 were typeable at all 3 loci, forming 31 subtypes. These strains formed 3 broad clusters, representing 74.6%, 20.6%, and 4.8% of typeable strains. Of 118 C. hominis strains, 106 were typea ...[more]