Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from humans and animals in Iran

Ahmad Reza Meamar; Karine Guyot; Gabriela Certad; Eduardo Dei-Cas; Mino Mohraz; Mehdi Mohebali; Kazem Mohammad; Amir Ali Mehbod; Sasan Rezaie; Mostafa Rezaian

doi:10.1128/AEM.00964-06

Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from humans and animals in Iran

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Feb;73(3):1033-5. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00964-06. Epub 2006 Dec 1.

Authors

Ahmad Reza Meamar¹, Karine Guyot, Gabriela Certad, Eduardo Dei-Cas, Mino Mohraz, Mehdi Mohebali, Kazem Mohammad, Amir Ali Mehbod, Sasan Rezaie, Mostafa Rezaian

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Isolates of Cryptosporidium spp. from human and animal hosts in Iran were characterized on the basis of both the 18S rRNA gene and the Laxer locus. Three Cryptosporidium species, C. hominis, C. parvum, and C. meleagridis, were recognized, and zoonotically transmitted C. parvum was the predominant species found in humans.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / parasitology*
Cattle Diseases / transmission
Child
Cryptosporidiosis / parasitology*
Cryptosporidiosis / transmission
Cryptosporidiosis / veterinary
Cryptosporidium / classification*
Cryptosporidium / genetics*
Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification
Cryptosporidium parvum / classification
Cryptosporidium parvum / genetics
Cryptosporidium parvum / isolation & purification
DNA, Protozoan / analysis
DNA, Protozoan / isolation & purification
Humans
Iran / epidemiology
Zoonoses / epidemiology

Substances

DNA, Protozoan