Publications
| north american tree squirrels and ground squirrels with overlapping ranges host different cryptosporidium species and genotypes. | wildlife-associated cryptosporidium are an emerging cause of cryptosporidiosis in humans. the present study was undertaken to determine the extent to which north american tree squirrels and ground squirrels host zoonotic cryptosporidium species and genotypes. fragments of the cryptosporidium 18s rrna and actin genes were amplified and sequenced from fecal samples obtained from three tree squirrel and three ground squirrel species. in tree squirrels, cryptosporidium was identified in 40.5% (17/42 ... | 2015 | 26437239 |
| cryptosporidium rubeyi n. sp. (apicomplexa: cryptosporidiidae) in multiple spermophilus ground squirrel species. | previously we reported the unique cryptosporidium sp. "c" genotype (e.g., sbey03c, sbey05c, sbld05c, sltl05c) from three species of spermophilus ground squirrel (spermophilus beecheyi, spermophilus beldingi, spermophilus lateralis) located throughout california, usa. this follow-up work characterizes the morphology and animal infectivity of this novel genotype as the final step in proposing it as a new species of cryptosporidium. analysis of sequences of 18s rrna, actin, and hsp70 genes of addit ... | 2015 | 26543805 |