Identification of <i>Cpgp40/15</i> Type Ib as the Predominant Allele in Isolates of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> spp. from a Waterborne Outbreak of Gastroenteritis in South Burgundy, France

Abstract

Cryptosporidium sp. isolates from a waterborne outbreak of diarrhea in France were analyzed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and sequencing of the Cpgp40/15 locus. Ninety-one percent of the isolates were Cryptosporidium hominis type Ib. The results of this study and those of studies of other outbreaks suggest that the type Ib allele is the predominant allele associated with waterborne cryptosporidiosis.