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Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014
Research

Subtyping Cryptosporidium ubiquitum,a Zoonotic Pathogen Emerging in Humans

Na Li, Lihua Xiao, Keri Alderisio, Kristin Elwin, Elizabeth Cebelinski, Rachel Chalmers, Monica Santin, Ronald Fayer, Martin Kvac, Una Ryan, Bohumil Sak, Michal Stanko, Yaqiong Guo, Lin Wang, Longxian Zhang, Jinzhong Cai, Dawn Roellig, Yaoyu FengComments to Author , and BohumilSakYaqiongGuoJinzhongCai
Author affiliations: East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China (N. Li, Y. Guo, L. Wang, Y. Feng); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (N. Li, L. Xiao, Y. Guo, D. Roellig); New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Flushing, New York, USA (K. Alderisio); UK Cryptosporidium Reference Unit, Swansea, UK (K. Elwin, R. Chalmers); Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (E. Cebelinski); US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA (M. Santin, R. Fayer); Academy of Science of Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (M. Kvac, B. Sak); Murdoch University, Perth, Australia (U. Ryan); Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia (M. Stanko); Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China (L. Zhang); Qinghai Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Xining, China (J. Cai)

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Table 1

Origin and gp60 subtype identity of Cryptosporidium ubiquitum specimens from human, animals, and water, 2002–2012

Host group/species Total no. samples Source location (no. samples) Subtype family (no. samples)
Rodent
Eastern chipmunk 2 USA (2) XIIb (1), XIId (1)
Eastern gray squirrel 2 USA (2) XIId (2)
Red squirrel 1 USA (1) XIId (1)
Woodchuck 1 USA (1) XIId (1)
Beaver 1 USA (1) XIId (1)
Ring-tailed porcupine 2 USA (2) XIIc (2)
Goat through porcupine* 3 USA (3) XIIc (3)
Yellow-necked field mouse 2 Slovak Republic (2) XIIe (1), XIIf (1)
Striped field mouse
Slovak Republic (2)
 XIIe (2)
Carnivore
Raccoon
 1
 USA (1)
 XIId (1)
Parissodactyla
Horse
 1
 UK (1)
 XIIa (1)
Ruminant
Sheep 56 USA (14), Peru (1), Brazil (3), Spain (9), UK (4), Turkey (1), China (18), Australia (6) XIIa (56)
Goat 1 Algeria (1) XIIa (1)
Yak 3 China (3) XIIa (3)
Buffalo 1 South Africa (1) XIIa (1)
Alpaca 1 Peru (1) XIIa (1)
Swamp deer 3 Nepal (3) XIIa (3)
Impala 1 South. Africa (1) XIIa (1)
Blesbok 1 Czech Republic (1) XIIa (1)
Nyala 1 Czech Republic (1) XIIa (1)
Nonhuman primate
Verreaux’s sifaka
 1
 USA (1)
 XIIb (1)
Human 41 USA (25) XIIb (9), XIIc (4), 
XIId (12)
UK (13) XIIa (8), XIIb (3), 
XIId (2)
Turkey (1) XIIa (1)
Peru (1) XIIa (1)
Canada (1)
 XIIa (1)
Water
Storm water 15 USA (15) XIIb (15)
Source water 3 USA (3) XIIb (2), XIId (1)

*Experimentally infected with specimen from a porcupine.

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