Cryptosporidium muris infection in an HIV-infected adult, Kenya

Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Feb;8(2):204-6. doi: 10.3201/eid0802.010256.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology*
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Cryptosporidiosis / complications
  • Cryptosporidiosis / diagnosis*
  • Cryptosporidiosis / parasitology*
  • Cryptosporidium / genetics
  • Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification*
  • Diarrhea / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Kenya
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Protozoan / isolation & purification
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA

Substances

  • RNA, Protozoan