Author/Editor		Šoba, B; Petrovec, M; Mioč, V; Logar, J
Title		Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium isolates from humans in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Clin Microbiol Infect
Vol. and No.		Letnik 12, št. 9
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 918-21
Language		eng
Abstract		Twenty-nine faecal specimens from Slovenian patients in which Cryptosporidium oocysts had been identified were studied. A fragment of the Cryptosporidium 18S rRNA gene and a fragment of the Cryptosporidimn COWP gene were amplified by PCR and sequenced. Cryptosporidium parvum was identified in 26 of the 29 specimens, Cryptosporictimn hominis in two, and Cryptosporidium cervine genotype in one. The fact that C. parvum, which is associated traditionally with animals, was identified in the majority of human faecal specimens suggests that cryptosporidiosis may have primarily a zoonotic origin in Slovenia.
Descriptors		CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FECES RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S GENOTYPE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA PHYLOGENY POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS