Cryptosporidium muris Infection in an HIV-Infected Adult, Kenya

We describe a case of Cryptosporidium muris infection in an HIV-infected adult with diarrhea in Kenya. Sequence analysis of an 840-bp region of the 18S rRNA gene locus demonstrated the isolate had 100% nucleotide identity with C. muris recovered from a rock hyrax, 98.8% with a C. muris “calf” isolat...

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Main Authors: Gatei, Wangeci, Ashford, Richard W., Beeching, Nicholas J., Kamwati, S. Kang'ethe, Greensill, Julie, Hart, C. Anthony
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732451/