Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. from HIV infected patients from an urban area of Brazil

Cryptosporidium spp. are important cause of enteric disease in humans, but may also infect animals. This study describes the relative frequency of several Cryptosporidium species found in human specimens from HIV infected patients in the São Paulo municipality obtained from January to July 2007. Sequence analysis of the products of nested-PCR based on small subunit rRNA and Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein coding genes revealed 17 (63.0%) isolates of C. hominis, four (14.8%) C. parvum, five (18.5%) C. felis and one (3.7%) C. canis. These findings suggest that, in urban environments of Brazil, the cat adapted C. felis may play a potential role in the zoonotic transmission of cryptosporidiosis whereas the anthroponotic transmission of cryptosporidiosis caused by C. hominis seems to predominate.

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Main Authors:	Lucca,Patrícia de, De Gaspari,Elizabeth Natal, Bozzoli,Lígia M., Funada,Mikaela Renata, Silva,Sheila Oliveira de Souza, Iuliano,Wilma, Soares,Rodrigo Martins
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2009
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652009000600006
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