Differentiating Human from Animal Isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum

Authors :: Irshad M. Sulaiman
Lihua Xiao
Chunfu Yang
Lilian Escalante
Anne Moore
Charles B. Beard
Michael J. Arrowood
Altaf A. Lal
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 681-685 (1998)
Publication Year :: 1998
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998.
Abstract: We analyzed 92 Cryptosporidium parvum isolates from humans and animals by a polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism method based on the thrombospondin-related anonymous protein 2 gene sequence. Used as a molecular marker, this method can differentiate between the two genotypes of C. parvum and elucidate the transmission of infection to humans.