Molecular Surveillance of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> spp. in Raw Wastewater in Milwaukee: Implications for Understanding Outbreak Occurrence and Transmission Dynamics
Ling Zhou(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Ajaib Singh(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Jianlin Jiang(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Lihua Xiao(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Abstract
Six Cryptosporidium spp. were found in 50 of 179 Milwaukee wastewater samples collected weekly over a year. Of the eight subtypes of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum present, allele Ib was found in 14 of 16 samples, and its sequence was identical to that of the subtype in human samples from the 1993 Milwaukee outbreak of cryptosporidiosis.