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. 2016 Jan;111(1):30–36. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760150303

TABLE I. Results of microscopic examination, TaqMan polymerase chain reaction (PCR), PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) 18S rDNA, and by gp60 PCR/sequencing of faecal samples from hospitals of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, forCryptosporidium characterisation.

Sample Microscopy Real-time PCR 18S rDNA/RFLP gp60/sequencing
Pc1 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc2 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc6 Negative C. hominis No amplification No amplification
Pc7 Negative C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc8 Negative Cryptosporidium spp No amplification No amplification
Pc13 Negative Cryptosporidium spp No amplification No amplification
Pc16 Cryptosporidium spp Cryptosporidium spp No amplification No amplification
Pc17 Cryptosporidium spp No amplification No amplification No amplification
Pc20 Cryptosporidium spp Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc27 Negative C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc28 Negative C. parvum No amplification No amplification
Pc44 Cryptosporidium spp No amplification No amplification No amplification
Pc46 Cryptosporidium spp No amplification No amplification No amplification
Pc52 Negative C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc78 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc79 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc80 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis Cryptosporidium
Pc81 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc82 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc83 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc84 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis IbA10G2
Pc85 Cryptosporidium spp C. hominis C. hominis Cryptosporidium
Pc86 Negative C. parvum No amplification IbA10G2
Pc87 Negative C. parvum No amplification Cryptosporidium
Pc88 Cryptosporidium spp C. parvum/C. hominis C. parvum/C. hominis Cryptosporidium
Pc89 Cryptosporidium spp C. parvum C. parvum IIcA5G3