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Volume 15, Number 6—June 2009
Letter

Cryptosporidium Pig Genotype II in Immunocompetent Man

Martin Kváč, Dana Květoňová, Bohumil SakComments to Author , and Oleg Ditrich
Author affiliations: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (M. Kváč, D. Květoňová, B. Sak, O. Ditrich); University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (M. Kváč)

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Table

Cryptosporidium genotypes identified by using sequencing of partial sequences of the small subunit rRNA gene in the stool samples of immunocompetent humans, Czech Republic

Patient no. Age, y/sex Examination year Cryptosporidium species/genotype Infection intensity*
 GenBank accession no.
Sample 1 Sample 2
H15 9/M 2005 C. parvum† 56 78 EU331237
H23 10/M 2005 C. hominis 77 121 EU331242
H98 10/F 2005 C. parvum† 43 25 EU331238
H101 11/M 2006 C. parvum† 11 5 EU331239
H132 8/M 2006 C. parvum† 150 62 EU331240
H158 11/M 2007 C. parvum† 26 85 EU331241
H199 29/M 2007 Cryptosporidium pig genotype II 38‡ 27‡ EU331243

*Numbers of oocysts per 30 fields at ×1,000 magnification, unless otherwise indicated.
†Bovine genotype.
‡Numbers of oocysts per whole slide at ×1,000 magnification.

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