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Infect Genet Evol
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2016.09.011
Personal Author:
Tang, Ying ; Li, Na ; Song, Mingxin ; Roellig, Dawn M. ; Feng, Yaoyu ; ... More +
Tang, Ying ; Li, Na ; Song, Mingxin ; Roellig, Dawn M. ; Feng, Yaoyu ; Xiao, Lihua Less -
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Cryptosporidium ubiquitum is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in humans. Recently, a subtyping tool targeting the 60-kDa glycoprotein (gp60) gene was developed for C. ubiquitum, and identified six subtype families (XIIa-XIIf). In this study, we selected five genetic loci known to be polymorphic in C. hominis and C. parvum for the development of a multilocus subtyping tool for C. ubiquitum, including CP47 (cgd6_1590), MSC6-5 (cgd6_4290), cgd6_60, cgd2_3690, and cgd4_370. PCR primers for these targets were designed based on whole genome sequence data from C. ubiquitum. DNA sequence analyses of 24 C. ubiquitum specimens showed the presence of 18, 1, 5, 4, and 5 subtypes at the CP47, MSC6-5, cgd6_60, cgd2_3690, and cgd4_370 loci, respectively. Altogether, 18 multilocus sequence typing (MLST) subtypes were detected among the 19 specimens successfully sequenced at all polymorphic loci. Phylogenetic analyses of the MLST data indicated that the rodent subtype families of XIIe and XIIf were highly divergent from others, and the ruminant XIIa subtype family formed a monophyletic group genetically distant from other rodent subtype families XIIb, XIIc, and XIId. The latter showed no consistent grouping of specimens and formed one large cluster in phylogenetic analysis of concatenated multilocus sequences. This was supported by results of STRUCTURE and FST analyses, which further suggested that XIIa originated from one common ancestor whereas XIIb, XIIc, and XIId contained mixed ancestral types, reflecting a close relatedness of the three subtype families and the likely occurrence of genetic recombination among them. Thus, an MLST tool was developed for high-resolution subtyping of C. ubiquitum and results of preliminary characterizations of specimens from humans and animals supported the conclusion on the existence of ruminant and rodent-adapted C. ubiquitum groups.
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Animals Article Cryptosporidiosis Cryptosporidium Cryptosporidium Ubiquitum DNA, Protozoan Host Adaptation Humans Multilocus Sequence Typing Phylogeny Zoonotic Transmission Multilocus Sequence Typing
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Infect Genet Evol. 45:256-261.
Pubmed ID:
27633152
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5771226
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Journal Article
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CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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