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Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998
Dispatch

Differentiating Human from Animal Isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum

Irshad M. Sulaiman, Lihua Xiao, Chunfu Yang, Lilian Escalante, Anne Moore, Charles B. Beard, Michael J. Arrowood, and Altaf A. LalComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 1

Cryptosporidium parvum human isolates, restriction pattern, and sequence type

Source Isolate Host Restriction pattern Sequence type
1993 Milwaukee HM3 Huma Hum Humb
1993 Milwaukee HM5 Hum Hum Hum
1993 Milwaukee HM7 Hum Hum NDc
1995 Florida HFL1 Hum Hum Humb
1995 Florida HFL5 Hum Hum Humb
1995 Florida HFL6 Hum Hum ND
1995 Atlanta HGA1 Hum Hum Humb
1995 Atlanta HGA4 Hum Hum Hum
1995 Atlanta HGA5 Hum Hum ND
1995 Atlanta HGA6 Hum Hum ND
1996 Canada HCAN9 Hum Bovd Bovb
1995 Canada NC30 Hum Hum ND
1994 Nevada HCNV2 Hum Hum ND
1994 Nevada HCNV4 Hum Hum ND
1997 Pennsylvania PA41 Hum Bov Bovb
1997 Pennsylvania PA46 Hum Bov Bovb
1997 HIV-Guatemala HGMO7 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-Guatemala HGMO8 Hum Hum ND
1997 HIV-Guatemala HGMO9 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-Guatemala HGMO10 Hum Hum Hum
1997 Minnesota HMOB1 Hum Bov Hum
1997 Minnesota HMOB3 Hum Bov Bov
1997 Minnesota HMOB4 Hum Bov Bov
1997 Minnesota HMOB5 Hum Bov Bov
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO2 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO3 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO4 Hum Hum ND
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO5 Hum Bov Bov
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO6 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO7 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO8 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO10 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO11 Hum Bov ND
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO12 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO13 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO14 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO15 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO16 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO17 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO18 Hum Hum Hum
1997 HIV-New Orleans HNO19 Hum Hum ND
1997 India HIND4 Hum Hum Hum
1997 India HIND5 Hum Hum ND
1998 Washington State HWA1 Hum Hum Hum
1998 Washington State HWA2 Hum Hum ND
1998 Washington State HWA3 Hum Hum ND
1998 Washington State HWA4 Hum Hum ND
1998 Washington State HWA5 Hum Hum Hum
1998 Washington State HWA6 Hum Hum Hum
1998 Washington State HWA7 Hum Hum Hum

aHum=human
bSequencing data reported earlier (14)
cND= Not done.
dBov=bovine.

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