| Literature DB >> 20109456 |
Nawal Hijjawi1, Josephine Ng, Rongchang Yang, Manar F M Atoum, Una Ryan.
Abstract
Little is known about the epidemiology of Cryptosporidium in Jordan and no genotyping studies have been conducted on Cryptosporidium isolates from humans or animals from Jordan. Genotyping of 44 Cryptosporidium isolates from Jordanian children at the 18S rRNA locus and a unique diagnostic locus identified four Cryptosporidium species; C. parvum (22), C. hominis (20), C. meleagridis (1) and C. canis (1). Sub-genotype analysis of 29 isolates at the 60-kDa glycoprotein (GP60) locus identified three C. parvum, two C. hominis subtype families and one C. meleagridis subtype. Several rare and novel subtypes were identified indicating unique endemicity and transmission of Cryptosporidium in Jordan. Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20109456 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.01.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Parasitol ISSN: 0014-4894 Impact factor: 2.011