Journal article
Tracking Host Sources of Cryptosporidium spp. in Raw Water for Improved Health Risk Assessment
Abstract
Recent molecular evidence suggests that different species and/or genotypes of Cryptosporidium display strong host specificity, altering our perceptions regarding the zoonotic potential of this parasite. Molecular forensic profiling of the small-subunit rRNA gene from oocysts enumerated on microscope slides by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency method 1623 was used to identify the range and prevalence of Cryptosporidium species and genotypes …
Authors
Ruecker NJ; Braithwaite SL; Topp E; Edge T; Lapen DR; Wilkes G; Robertson W; Medeiros D; Sensen CW; Neumann NF
Journal
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 73, No. 12, pp. 3945–3957
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Publication Date
June 15, 2007
DOI
10.1128/aem.02788-06
ISSN
0099-2240