Abstract:Background Cryptosporidium is an apicomplexan zoonotic pathogen primary causing diarrhea in vertebrate hosts notably bovines and humans. Here, we characterized Cryptosporidium isolates by using the GP60 gene fragment of C. parvum to observe the dynamics of cryptosporidiosis transmission in dairy calves from two distant biogeographical regions of Chile (Metropolitan and Los Rios Regions). We collected 72 fecal samples from diarrheic calves screening the parasite carried out microscopy of an acid-fast staining s… Show more
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