| Does Cryptosporidium parvum have a clonal population structure? |
| |
| 引用本文： | Awad-El-Kariem FM. Does Cryptosporidium parvum have a clonal population structure?[J]. Parasitology today (Personal ed.), 1999, 15(12): 502-504. DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01567-7 |
| |
| 作者姓名： | Awad-El-Kariem FM |
| |
| 摘 要： |
|
Does Cryptosporidium parvum have a Clonal Population Structure? |
| |
| Awad-El-Kariem F M. Does Cryptosporidium parvum have a Clonal Population Structure?[J]. Parasitology today, 1999, 15(12): 502-504. DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01567-7 |
| |
| Authors: | Awad-El-Kariem F M |
| |
| Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, London, UK SW7 2BB. f.awadkariem@ic.ac.uk |
| |
| Abstract: | Cryptosporidiosis, the disease caused in humans by the opportunistic parasite Cryptosporidium parvum, is the result of zoonotic or anthroponotic transmission. Molecular characterization of different isolates from humans and other mammalian species has recently shown this species to be heterogeneous; this heterogeneity has been linked to the host of isolation, suggesting that the parasites causing zoonotic cryptosporidiosis and those propagated by anthroponotic transmission are genetically distinct. Here, Fatih Awad-El-Kariem provides an update on the taxonomic and epidemiological significance of these observations, and discusses evidence for and against the clonality hypothesis as a model to explain strain variation in this species. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect PubMed 等数据库收录！ |
|
