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SUBMITTER: Horcickova M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6994189 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Horčičková Michaela M Čondlová Šárka Š Holubová Nikola N Sak Bohumil B Květoňová Dana D Hlásková Lenka L Konečný Roman R Sedláček František F Clark Mark M Giddings Catherine C McEvoy John J Kváč Martin M
Parasitology 20180717 2
Fecal samples from wild-caught common voles (n = 328) from 16 locations in the Czech Republic were screened for Cryptosporidium by microscopy and PCR/sequencing at loci coding small-subunit rRNA, Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein, actin and 70 kDa heat shock protein. Cryptosporidium infections were detected in 74 voles (22.6%). Rates of infection did not differ between males and females nor between juveniles and adults. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the presence of eight Cryptosporidium speci ...[more]