TABLE 4.
Genotyping of human Cryptosporidium isolates
| Reference | Genetic markerd | No. of C. parvum isolates (no. of HIV+ persons) | No. of genotype 1 isolates/total no. of human isolates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carraway et al. (15) | rDNA | 5 (2) | 2/2 |
| Bonnin et al. (13) | Repetitive DNA fragment | 23 (13) | 6/13 |
| Carraway et al. (16) | Poly(T) | 15 (2) | 6a/6 |
| Peng et al. (112) | TRAP-C2 | 39 (1) | 13b/16 |
| Spano et al. (132) | COWP | 14 (NIc) | 5/7 |
| Morgan et al. (95) | rDNA | 47 (NI) | 28/32 |
| Morgan et al. (99) | 18S rDNA, acetyl-CoA synthase | 27 (NI) | 6/7 |
| Widmer et al. (152) | Poly(T), COWP, RNR | 13 (13) | 10/13 |
| Widmer et al. (151) | β-Tubulin | 6 (4) | 3/4b |
| Spano et al. (131) | TRAP-C1 | 3 (NI) | 3/3 |
| Spano et al. (130) | TRAP-C1, COWP, poly(T), RNR | 28 (2) | 12/17 |
| Sulaiman et al. (134) | TRAP-C2 | 92 (21) | 41/50 |
a
Three mixed genotype 1 and 2 isolates.
b
Two hybrid genotypes.
c
NI, not indicated.
d
Abbreviations: CoA, coenzyme A; TRAP, thrombospondin-related adhesive protein; COWP, Crytosporidium oocyst wall protein; RNR, ribonucleotide reductase.