Molecular surveillance of Cryptosporidium spp. in raw wastewater in Milwaukee: implications for understanding outbreak occurrence and transmission dynamics

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Nov;41(11):5254-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5254-5257.2003.

Abstract

Six Cryptosporidium spp. were found in 50 of 179 Milwaukee wastewater samples collected weekly over a year. Of the eight subtypes of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum present, allele Ib was found in 14 of 16 samples, and its sequence was identical to that of the subtype in human samples from the 1993 Milwaukee outbreak of cryptosporidiosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cryptosporidium / classification
  • Cryptosporidium / genetics*
  • Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification*
  • Cryptosporidium parvum / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Public Health
  • Urban Population
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid*
  • Water / parasitology*
  • Wisconsin

Substances

  • Water

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY262027
  • GENBANK/AY262028
  • GENBANK/AY262029
  • GENBANK/AY262030
  • GENBANK/AY262031
  • GENBANK/AY262032
  • GENBANK/AY262033
  • GENBANK/AY262034