Tracking Cryptosporidium parvum by sequence analysis of small double-stranded RNA

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Jan-Feb;7(1):141-5. doi: 10.3201/eid0701.010121.

Abstract

We sequenced a 173-nucleotide fragment of the small double-stranded viruslike RNA of Cryptosporidium parvum isolates from 23 calves and 38 humans. Sequence diversity was detected at 17 sites. Isolates from the same outbreak had identical double-stranded RNA sequences, suggesting that this technique may be useful for tracking Cryptosporidium infection sources.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cattle
  • Cryptosporidium parvum / classification*
  • Cryptosporidium parvum / genetics
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • RNA, Double-Stranded / chemistry*
  • RNA, Protozoan / chemistry*

Substances

  • RNA, Double-Stranded
  • RNA, Protozoan