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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2004, p. 7574-7577, Vol. 70, No. 12
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7574-7577.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Genotypes of Cryptosporidium Species Infecting Fur-Bearing Mammals Differ from Those of Species Infecting Humans

Ling Zhou,1 Ronald Fayer,2 James M. Trout,2 Una M. Ryan,3 Frank W. Schaefer III,4 and Lihua Xiao1*

Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia,1 Environmental Microbial Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland,2 State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Murdoch, West Australia, Australia,3 United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio4

Received 17 March 2004/ Accepted 6 August 2004

ABSTRACT

Of 471 specimens examined from foxes, raccoons, muskrats, otters, and beavers living in wetlands adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay, 36 were positive for five types of Cryptosporidium, including the C. canis dog and fox genotypes, Cryptosporidium muskrat genotypes I and II, and Cryptosporidium skunk genotype. Thus, fur-bearing mammals in watersheds excreted host-adapted Cryptosporidium oocysts that are not known to be of significant public health importance.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Building 22, Mail Stop F-12, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717. Phone: (770) 488-4840. Fax: (770) 488-4454. E-mail: lxiao{at}cdc.gov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2004, p. 7574-7577, Vol. 70, No. 12
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7574-7577.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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