Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium outbreaks in Western and South Australia

Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium outbreaks in Western and South Australia.

Molecular typing at the 18S rRNA and Gp60 loci was conducted on Cryptosporidium-positive stool samples from cases collected during 2007 Western Australian and South Australian outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis. Analysis of 48 Western Australian samples identified that all isolates were C. hominis and were from five different Gp60C. hominis subtype families. The IbA10G2 subtype was most common acro...

Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in cats (Felis catus) in Western Australia.

Little is known of the prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in domestic cats in Western Australia and their potential role as zoonotic reservoirs for human infection. In the present study, a total of 345 faecal samples from four different sources were screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia by PCR and genotyped by sequence analysis. Oocyst numbers and cyst numbers for Cryp...

Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in pre - weaned calves 1 in Western Australia and New South Wales

Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in pre-weaned calves in Western Australia and New South Wales.

A total of 364 fecal specimens from randomly selected pre-weaned calves, aged up to 4 months, from 5 different farms in the south of Western Australia and 1 farm from New South Wales were screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia using PCR. There were substantial differences in prevalence between the farms and the overall prevalence was 22.3% (81/364) and 26.9% (98/364) respectiv...

Prevalence and molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia species in pre-weaned sheep in Australia.

A total of 477 faecal samples from pre-weaned sheep from 5 different farms in the south west of Western Australia were screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia using PCR. There were substantial differences in prevalence between the farms and overall prevalence was 24.5% and 11.1%, respectively for Cryptosporidium and Giardia. At the 18S locus, 66 Cryptosporidium positives were i...