TY - JOUR AU - Chalmers, Rachel M. AU - Hadfield, Stephen J. AU - Jackson, Colin J. AU - Elwin, Kristin AU - Xiao, Lihua AU - Hunter, Paul T1 - Geographic Linkage and Variation in Cryptosporidium hominis T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 496 SN - 1080-6059 AB - UK Cryptosporidium hominis isolates have previously shown slight PCR fragment length polymorphism at multiple loci. To further investigate transmission, we conducted a case–control study and sequenced the GP60 locus from 115 isolates. Nine subtypes were identified; IbA10G2 predominated. Having a non-IbA10G2 subtype was significantly linked to recent travel outside Europe. KW - Cryptosporidium hominis KW - subtyping KW - GP60 KW - travel KW - dispatch KW - United Kingdom DO - 10.3201/eid1403.071320 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/3/07-1320_article ER - End of Reference