Genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. from Bangladeshi children

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun;49(6):2307-10. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00164-11. Epub 2011 Apr 6.

Abstract

The genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. from infected children was characterized for the first time in Bangladesh. Seven C. hominis and C. parvum subtype families (including a new family, IIm) and 15 subtypes (including 2 new subtypes) were identified. The dominance of specific families and subtypes was different from that in other countries.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Bangladesh / epidemiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cryptosporidiosis / epidemiology*
  • Cryptosporidiosis / microbiology*
  • Cryptosporidium / classification*
  • Cryptosporidium / genetics*
  • Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Protozoan / chemistry
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Protozoan Proteins / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan
  • Protozoan Proteins

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