Unusual Cryptosporidium species recovered from human faeces: first description of Cryptosporidium felis and Cryptosporidium `dog type’ from patients in England

DNA was extracted from faecal samples collected from 1680 patients in which Cryptosporidium oocysts were recognised by light microscopy. DNA from faeces from five of these patients failed to amplify by PCR three gene fragments--the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene, the thrombospondin-... View More