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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2004, p. 4367-4370, Vol. 70, No. 7
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4367-4370.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Genotyping of Cryptosporidium Isolates from Chamelea gallina Clams in Italy

Donato Traversa,1* Annunziata Giangaspero,1,{dagger} Umberto Molini,1 Raffaella Iorio,1 Barbara Paoletti,1 Domenico Otranto,2 and Carla Giansante3

Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo,1 Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute (I.Z.S.) "G. Caporale," Teramo,3 Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy2

Received 12 January 2004/ Accepted 19 March 2004

ABSTRACT

Chamelea gallina clams collected from the mouths of rivers along the Adriatic Sea (central Italy) were found to harbor Cryptosporidium parvum (genotype 2), which is the lineage involved in zoonotic transmission. The clams were collected from the mouths of rivers near whose banks ruminants are brought to graze. This paper reports the environmental spread of C. parvum in Italy and highlights the fact that genotyping of seaborne Cryptosporidium isolates is a powerful tool with which to investigate the transmission patterns and epidemiology of this microorganism.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Comparate, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Piazza Aldo Moro 45, 64100 Teramo, Italy. Phone: 39 0861 266870. Fax: 39 0861 412868. E-mail: traversa{at}unite.it.

FOOTNOTES

{dagger} Present address: Faculty of Agronomy, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2004, p. 4367-4370, Vol. 70, No. 7
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4367-4370.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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