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SUBMITTER: Learmonth JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC444824 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Learmonth James J JJ Ionas George G Ebbett Kim A KA Kwan Errol S ES
Applied and environmental microbiology 20040701 7
Little is known about the genetic characteristics, distribution, and transmission cycles of Cryptosporidium species that cause human disease in New Zealand. To address these questions, 423 fecal specimens containing Cryptosporidium oocysts and obtained from different regions were examined by the PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique. Indeterminant results were resolved by DNA sequence analysis. Two regions supplied the majority of isolates: one rural and one urban. Overall, Cryp ...[more]