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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2007, p. 1033-1035, Vol. 73, No. 3
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00964-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium Isolates from Humans and Animals in Iran{triangledown}

Ahmad Reza Meamar,1 Karine Guyot,2 Gabriela Certad,2 Eduardo Dei-Cas,2 Mino Mohraz,3 Mehdi Mohebali,1 Kazem Mohammad,4 Amir Ali Mehbod,1 Sasan Rezaie,1 and Mostafa Rezaian1*

Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,1 Parasitology-Mycology Service, Microbiology Department, EA3609 Faculty of Medicine, Lille 2 University, University Hospital Centre and IFR-142, Lille Pasteur Institute, Lille, France,2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,3 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran4

Received 24 April 2006/ Accepted 18 November 2006

Isolates of Cryptosporidium spp. from human and animal hosts in Iran were characterized on the basis of both the 18S rRNA gene and the Laxer locus. Three Cryptosporidium species, C. hominis, C. parvum, and C. meleagridis, were recognized, and zoonotically transmitted C. parvum was the predominant species found in humans.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran. Phone: 98 21 88951392. Fax: 98 21 66462267. E-mail: rezaiian{at}sina.tums.ac.ir.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 1 December 2006.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2007, p. 1033-1035, Vol. 73, No. 3
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00964-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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