Cryptosporidium muris infection in an HIV-infected adult, Kenya.

ABSTRACT: We describe a case of Cryptosporidium muris infection in an HIV-infected adult with diarrhea in Kenya. Sequence analysis of an 840-bp region of the 18S rRNA gene locus demonstrated the isolate had 100% nucleotide identity with C. muris recovered from a rock hyrax, 98.8% with a C. muris "calf" isolate, 95.5% with C. serpentis, but only 87.8% with C. parvum "human" type.

SUBMITTER: Gatei W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2732451 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature