Detection of the Cryptosporidium Parvum "human" Genotype in a Dugong (Dugong Dugon)

Overview

Journal J Parasitol

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2001 Feb 24

PMID 11191916

Citations 23

Authors

U M Morgan

L Xiao

B D Hill

P ODonoghue

J Limor

A Lal

R C Thompson

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Abstract

The Cryptosporidium "human" genotype was identified in a paraffin-embedded tissue section from a dugong (Dugong dugon) by 2 independent laboratories. DNA sequencing and polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene and the acetyl CoA synthethase gene clearly identified the genotype as that of the Cryptosporidium variant that infects humans. This is the first report of the human Cryptosporidium genotype in a nonprimate host.

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