Traversa Donato, Giangaspero Annunziata, Molini Umberto, Iorio Raffaella, Paoletti Barbara, Otranto Domenico, Giansante Carla
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Piazza Aldo Moro 45, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Jul;70(7):4367-70. doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4367-4370.2004.
Chamelea gallina clams collected from the mouths of rivers along the Adriatic Sea (central Italy) were found to harbor Cryptosporidium parvum (genotype 2), which is the lineage involved in zoonotic transmission. The clams were collected from the mouths of rivers near whose banks ruminants are brought to graze. This paper reports the environmental spread of C. parvum in Italy and highlights the fact that genotyping of seaborne Cryptosporidium isolates is a powerful tool with which to investigate the transmission patterns and epidemiology of this microorganism.
从亚得里亚海(意大利中部)沿岸河口采集的沙海螂被发现携带有微小隐孢子虫(基因型2),该基因型涉及人畜共患病传播。这些蛤蜊是从河岸附近有反刍动物放牧的河口采集的。本文报道了微小隐孢子虫在意大利的环境传播情况,并强调了对海洋隐孢子虫分离株进行基因分型是研究这种微生物传播模式和流行病学的有力工具。