Volume 14, Number 5—May 2008
Dispatch
Unique Cryptosporidium Population in HIV-Infected Persons, Jamaica
Wangeci Gatei*†, Donnett Barrett‡, John F. Lindo‡, Denise Eldemire-Shearer‡, Vitaliano Cama*†, and Lihua Xiao*
Table
Subtypes of Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum at 6 loci identified in specimens from Jamaica*
| GP60 | CP47 | MSC6-7 | DZHR-GP | RPGR | HSP70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryptosporidium hominis, n = 25 (19 used in MLST) | |||||
| IbA10G2 (22) | IA39G22 (19) | 494 bp (18) | 590 bp (19) | 358 bp (19) | 1095 bp (19) |
| IeA12G3T3 (3) | 509 bp (1) | ||||
| C. parvum, n = 7 (7 used in MLST) | |||||
| IIcA5G3d (7) | IIA24G11C1 (7) | 461 (7) | 496a bp (4) | 391 bp (7) | 1059a bp (6) |
| 496b bp (2) | 1059b bp (1) | ||||
| 499 bp (1) | |||||
*Numbers in parentheses show the frequency of subtypes at each locus. MLST, multilocus sequence typing.
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