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Cryptosporidium Genotyping for Epidemiology Tracking

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Cryptosporidium genotyping has made significant contributions to the species structure and population genetics of Cryptosporidium spp. In addition, the standardized method has shown utility in epidemiologic investigations identifying case linkages and contamination sources that could not be determined with traditional epidemiologic tools. The standardized method for Cryptosporidium genotyping from stool specimens described here comprises multiple individual protocols to amplify and sequence regions of the SSU rRNA and gp60 genes of Cryptosporidium.

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  1. Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Dawn M. Roellig & Lihua Xiao

  2. College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

    Lihua Xiao

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  1. Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA

    Jan R. Mead

  2. Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Michael J. Arrowood

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Roellig, D.M., Xiao, L. (2020). Cryptosporidium Genotyping for Epidemiology Tracking. In: Mead, J., Arrowood, M. (eds) Cryptosporidium. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2052. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9748-0_7

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