Table 4.
Frequency and molecular diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. identified in the canine and feline populations investigated in the present study.
| Host | Parasite species | Genotype | Subtype | No. isolates | Locus | Reference sequence | Stretch | Single nucleotide polymorphisms | GenBank ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dog | C. canis | – | – | 3 | ssu rRNA | AF112576 | 527–1,021 | None | OQ778995 |
| – | – | 1 | ssu rRNA | AF112576 | 529–1,017 | A646W | OQ778996 | ||
| XX | XXe2 | 1 | gp60 | MT954613 | 4–677 | A16G, C206T, C210T, C211T, A216G, C223G, T226G, 226InsAGA, T277C, A506G | OQ787086 | ||
| Cat | C. felis | – | – | 1 | ssu rRNA | AF108862 | – | None | OQ778997 |
| C. parvum | – | – | 1 | ssu rRNA | AF112571 | 533–1,026 | A546R, A646G, T649G, 686_689DelTAAT, T693A, A706R | OQ778998 | |
| – | – | 3 | ssu rRNA | AF112571 | 573–991 | A646G, T649G, 686_689DelTAAT, T693A | OQ778999 | ||
| – | – | 1 | ssu rRNA | AF112571 | – | A646G, T649G, 686_689DelTAAT, T693A, C761Y | OQ779000 |
Del, Deletion; gp60, 60 kDa glycoprotein; Ins, Insertion; R, A/G; ssu rRNA, Small subunit ribosomal RNA; W, A/T.