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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, p. 2396-2398, Vol. 46, No. 7
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00936-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genetic Diversity and Zoonotic Potential of Cryptosporidium parvum Causing Foal Diarrhea{triangledown}

A. Grinberg,1* J. Learmonth,1 E. Kwan,1 W. Pomroy,1 N. Lopez Villalobos,1 I. Gibson,2 and G. Widmer3

Massey University, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Private bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand,1 New Zealand Veterinary Pathology Ltd., PO Box 944, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand,2 Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Building 20, 200 Westoboro Road, North Grafton, Massachusetts3

Received 15 May 2008/ Accepted 16 May 2008

Cryptosporidium isolates from diarrheic foals in New Zealand (n = 9) were identified as C. parvum, subtyped at two polymorphic loci, and compared with human (n = 45) and bovine (n = 8) isolates. Foal C. parvum isolates were genetically diverse, markedly similar to human and bovine isolates, and carried GP60 IIaA18G3R1 alleles, indicating a zoonotic potential.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Massey University, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Infectious Disease and Public Health Group, Private bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Phone: 64 6 3569099. Fax: 64 6 3505635. E-mail: a.grinberg{at}massey.ac.nz

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 28 May 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, p. 2396-2398, Vol. 46, No. 7
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00936-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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