Genetic diversity and zoonotic potential of Cryptosporidium parvum causing foal diarrhea.

ABSTRACT: Cryptosporidium isolates from diarrheic foals in New Zealand (n = 9) were identified as C. parvum, subtyped at two polymorphic loci, and compared with human (n = 45) and bovine (n = 8) isolates. Foal C. parvum isolates were genetically diverse, markedly similar to human and bovine isolates, and carried GP60 IIaA18G3R1 alleles, indicating a zoonotic potential.

SUBMITTER: Grinberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2446936 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature