TABLE 1.

Target genes and primers for detection of Cryptosporidium DNA

Target	Primary investigator (reference)	Primer pair	Fragment size (bp)
Undefined	Laxer (15)	5′-CCGAGTTTGATCCAAAAAGTTACGAA	452
		5′-TAGCTCCTCATATGCCTTATTGAGTA
CpR1	Laberge (14)	5′-GCCCACCTGGATATACACTTTC	358
		5′-TCCCCCTCTCTAGTACCAACAGGA
CpR1	Wagner-Wiening (28)	5′-AGTGTCCTCCAGGTACAAACCTGGTA	898
		5′-GCACAGCTGGGACAGAATCAGCTTT
Undefined	Morgan (18)	5′-GGTACTGGATAGATAGTGGA	680
		5′-TCGCACGCCCGGATTCTGTA
18S rRNA gene	Johnson (13)	5′-AAGCTCGTAGTTGGATTTCTG	435
		5′-TAAGGTGCTGAAGGAGTAAGG
18S rRNA gene	Awad-El-Kariem (1)	5′-AGTGCTTAAAGCAGGCAACTG	556
		5′-CGTTAACGGAATTAACCAGAC
Hsp70 gene	Rochelle (24)	5′-AAATGGTGAGCAATCCTCTG	361
		5′-CTTGCTGCTCTTACCAGTAC
Undefined	Bonnin (3)	5′-TTCATTCTATCATGTC	1500
		5′-ATGGTTATATTTGGG