Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008
Research
Cryptosporidium Species and Subtypes and Clinical Manifestations in Children, Peru
Vitaliano A. Cama, Caryn Bern, Jacqueline Roberts, Lilia Cabrera, Charles R. Sterling, Ynes Ortega, Robert H. Gilman, and Lihua Xiao
Table 2
Distribution of subtype families and subtypes of Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum in 533 children, Peru
| Species | Subtype families | No. episodes (%) |
Subtype: no. (%) within subtype family | GenBank accession no. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At first infection | All | ||||
| C. hominis | Ia | 15 (24.6) | 21 (26.9) | IaA11R4: 3 (14) | EU095258* |
| IaA12R4: 7 (33) | EU095259* | ||||
| IaA13R4: 1 (5) | EU095260* | ||||
| IaA13R7: 1 (5) | EU095261* | ||||
| IaA14R6: 5 (24) | EU095262* | ||||
| IaA15R3: 3 (14) | EU095263* | ||||
| Ib | 16 (26.2) | 23 (29.5) | IbA10G2: 23 (100) | AY262031 | |
| Id | 7 (11.5) | 12 (15.4) | IdA10: 9 (75) | EU095264* | |
| IdA15: 1 (8) | DQ280498 | ||||
| IdA20: 2 (16) | EU095265* | ||||
| Ie | 15 (24.6) | 19 (24.4) | IeA11G3T3:19 (100) | DQ665689 | |
| lb + le | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | ||
| Ib + id | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | ||
| Id + ie |
1 (1.6) |
1 (1.3) |
1 (1.3) |
||
| C. hominis and C. parvum |
Id + IIc |
1 |
|||
| C. parvum | IIc | 14 (100) | 14 (100) | IIcA5G3a: 12 (86) | AY738195 |
| IIcA5G3b: 1 (7) | EU095266* | ||||
| IIcA5G3c: 1 (7) | EU095267* | ||||
*From this study.
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