Genetic Diversity of Cryptosporidium hominis in a Bangladeshi Community as Revealed by Whole-Genome Sequencing

C. A. Gilchrist, James Cotton, C. Burkey, T. Arju, A. Gilmartin, Y. Lin, E. Ahmed, K. Steiner, M. Alam, S. Ahmed, G. Robinson, S. U. Zaman, M. Kabir, M. Sanders, R. M. Chalmers, T. Ahmed, J. Z. Ma, R. Haque, A. S. G. Faruque, M. Berriman, W. A. Petri
June 2018
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Abstract

We studied the genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium hominis infections in slum-dwelling infants from Dhaka over a 2-year period. Cryptosporidium hominis infections were common during the monsoon, and were genetically diverse as measured by gp60 genotyping and whole-genome resequencing. Recombination in the parasite was evidenced by the decay of linkage disequilibrium in the genome over <300 bp. Regions of the genome with high levels of polymorphism were also identified. Yet to be determined is if genomic diversity is responsible in part for the high rate of reinfection, seasonality, and varied clinical presentations of cryptosporidiosis in this population.

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Journal article
Publication
In The Journal of Infectious Diseases 218:259–264
James Cotton
James Cotton
Professor

My research interests are in the genomics, and particularly population genomics of parasites, particularly those that cause neglected tropical diseases