Abstract
This study characterized cryptosporidial infections in 48 human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals in India by multilocus genotyping. Cryptosporidium hominis, C. parvum, C. felis, C. muris, and C. meleagridis were identified. Cpgp40/15 PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism identified six subgenotypes. Cryptosporidial diarrhea was associated with decreased CD4 counts, below 200 (P = 0.009), but not high viral loads.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 632-4 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/parasitology
- Adult
- Animals
- Cryptosporidiosis/parasitology
- Cryptosporidium/classification
- DNA, Protozoan/analysis
- Genotype
- HIV Infections/complications
- Humans
- India
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Protozoan Proteins/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA