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ArticleInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife2015

Elevation and vegetation determine Cryptosporidium oocyst shedding by yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Diego Montecino-Latorre, Xunde Li, Chengling Xiao, Edward R Atwill

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Article in International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Diego Montecino-LatorreDepartment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA ; Current address: Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Xunde LiDepartment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA ; Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Chengling XiaoDepartment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Edward R AtwillDepartment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA ; Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Institute for Food Safety and Health · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wildlife are increasingly recognized as important biological reservoirs of zoonotic species of Cryptosporidium that might contaminate water and cause human exposure to this protozoal parasite. The habitat range of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) overlaps extensively with the watershed boundaries of municipal water supplies for California communities along the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. We conducted a cross-sectional epidemiological study to estimate the fecal shedding of Cryptosporidium oocysts by yellow-bellied marmots and to quantify the environmental loading rate and determine risk factors for Cryptosporidium fecal shedding in this montane wildlife species. The observed proportion of Cryptosporidium positive fecal samples was 14.7% (33/224, positive number relative to total number samples) and the environmental loading rate was estimated to be 10,693 oocysts animal(-1) day(-1). Fecal shedding was associated with the elevation and vegetation status of their habitat. Based on a portion of the 18s rRNA gene sequence of 2 isolates, the Cryptosporidium found in Marmota flaviventris were 99.88%-100% match to multiple isolates of C. parvum in the GenBank.

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C. parvumCryptosporidiumElevationMountainsSierra NevadaYellow-bellied marmot

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PMCPMC4365143
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