IRSHAD M. SULAIMAN, OLGA MATOS, MARIA L. LOBO, LIHUA XIAO
Fecal samples from 22 HIV-positive and 3 HIV-negative patients from Portugal with symptomatic diarrhea were diagnosed positive for microsporidia by microscopy, with most parasites detected...
A Molecular Biologic Study of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in HIV-Infected Patients in Lima, Peru (2003)
IRSHAD M. SULAIMAN, CARYN BERN, ROBERT GILMAN, VITALIANO CAMA, VIVIAN KAWAI, DANIEL VARGAS, ...
A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the genotype distribution of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in HIV-infected patients who visited two government hospitals in Lima, Peru from January 2000...
Irshad M. Sulaiman, Altaf A. Lal, Lihua Xiao
To further validate previous observations in the taxonomy of Cryptosporidium parasites, the phylogenetic relationship was analyzed among various Cryptosporidium parasites at the actin locus....
Molecular Characterization of a Cryptosporidium Isolate From a Black Bear (2000)
Lihua Xiao, Josef R. Limor, Irshad M. Sulaiman, Robert B. Duncan, Altaf A. Lal
To further validate the observation of the existence of host-adapted strains of Cryptosporidium parvum, we genetically characterized an isolate of Cryptosporidium parasite from a black bear. Sequence...
Evaluation of Cryptosporidium parvum genotyping techniques (1999)
Irshad M. Sulaiman, Lihua Xiao, A. Lal
We evaluated the specificity and sensitivity of 11 previously described species differentiation and genotyping PCR protocols for detection of Cryptosporidium parasites. Genomic DNA from three species...
Evaluation of Cryptosporidium parvum Genotyping Techniques
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Xiao, Lihua, Lal, Altaf A.
We evaluated the specificity and sensitivity of 11 previously described species differentiation and genotyping PCR protocols for detection of Cryptosporidium parasites. Genomic DNA from three species...
Xiao, Lihua, Limor, Josef, Morgan, Una M., Sulaiman, Irshad M., Thompson, R. C. Andrew, Lal, Altaf A.
Nucleotide sequences of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene were obtained from various Cryptosporidium spp. (C. wrairi, C. felis, C. meleagridis, C. baileyi, C. andersoni, C. muris,...
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Morgan, Una M., Thompson, R. C. Andrew, Lal, Altaf A., Xiao, Lihua
We have characterized the nucleotide sequences of the 70-kDa heat shock protein (HSP70) genes of Cryptosporidium baileyi, C. felis, C. meleagridis, C. muris, C. serpentis, C. wrairi, and C. parvum...
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Fayer, Ronald, Lal, Altaf A., Trout, James M., Schaefer, Frank W., Xiao, Lihua
Over 13 months, 465 beavers, foxes, muskrats, otters, and raccoons were trapped in four counties in eastern Maryland and examined by molecular methods for microsporidia. A two-step nested PCR...
Genetic Diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. in Captive Reptiles
Xiao, Lihua, Ryan, Una M., Graczyk, Thaddeus K., Limor, Josef, Li, Lixia, Kombert, Mark, ...
The genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium in reptiles was analyzed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequence analysis of the small subunit rRNA gene. A total of 123 samples were...
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Jiang, Jianlin, Singh, Ajaib, Xiao, Lihua
Giardia cysts in 131 raw wastewater samples from Milwaukee, Wis., were genotyped by sequence analysis of the triosephosphate isomerase gene which showed the presence of two distinct genotypes...
Unique Endemicity of Cryptosporidiosis in Children in Kuwait
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Hira, Parsotam R., Zhou, Ling, Al-Ali, Faiza M., Al-Shelahi, Fatima A., Shweiki, Hussein M., ...
To understand the transmission of Cryptosporidium infection in children, fecal specimens from 62 Kuwaiti children with gastrointestinal symptoms found to be positive by microscopy were genotyped and...
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Liu, Xin, Frace, Michael, Sulaiman, Nikhat, Olsen-Rasmussen, Melissa, Neuhaus, Elizabeth, ...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was discovered during a recent global outbreak of atypical pneumonia. A number of immunologic and molecular studies of the clinical samples led to the...
Evaluation of Cryptosporidium parvum Genotyping Techniques
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Xiao, Lihua, Lal, Altaf A.
We evaluated the specificity and sensitivity of 11 previously described species differentiation and genotyping PCR protocols for detection of Cryptosporidium parasites. Genomic DNA from three species...
Xiao, Lihua, Limor, Josef, Morgan, Una M., Sulaiman, Irshad M., Thompson, R. C. Andrew, Lal, Altaf A.
Nucleotide sequences of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene were obtained from various Cryptosporidium spp. (C. wrairi, C. felis, C. meleagridis, C. baileyi, C. andersoni, C. muris,...
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Morgan, Una M., Thompson, R. C. Andrew, Lal, Altaf A., Xiao, Lihua
We have characterized the nucleotide sequences of the 70-kDa heat shock protein (HSP70) genes of Cryptosporidium baileyi, C. felis, C. meleagridis, C. muris, C. serpentis, C. wrairi, and C. parvum...
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Fayer, Ronald, Lal, Altaf A., Trout, James M., Schaefer, Frank W., Xiao, Lihua
Over 13 months, 465 beavers, foxes, muskrats, otters, and raccoons were trapped in four counties in eastern Maryland and examined by molecular methods for microsporidia. A two-step nested PCR...
Genetic Diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. in Captive Reptiles
Xiao, Lihua, Ryan, Una M., Graczyk, Thaddeus K., Limor, Josef, Li, Lixia, Kombert, Mark, ...
The genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium in reptiles was analyzed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequence analysis of the small subunit rRNA gene. A total of 123 samples were...
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Jiang, Jianlin, Singh, Ajaib, Xiao, Lihua
Giardia cysts in 131 raw wastewater samples from Milwaukee, Wis., were genotyped by sequence analysis of the triosephosphate isomerase gene which showed the presence of two distinct genotypes...
Unique Endemicity of Cryptosporidiosis in Children in Kuwait
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Hira, Parsotam R., Zhou, Ling, Al-Ali, Faiza M., Al-Shelahi, Fatima A., Shweiki, Hussein M., ...
To understand the transmission of Cryptosporidium infection in children, fecal specimens from 62 Kuwaiti children with gastrointestinal symptoms found to be positive by microscopy were genotyped and...
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Liu, Xin, Frace, Michael, Sulaiman, Nikhat, Olsen-Rasmussen, Melissa, Neuhaus, Elizabeth, ...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was discovered during a recent global outbreak of atypical pneumonia. A number of immunologic and molecular studies of the clinical samples led to the...
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Tang, Kevin, Osborne, John, Sammons, Scott, Wohlhueter, Robert M.
We developed a set of seven resequencing GeneChips, based on the complete genome sequences of 24 strains of smallpox virus (variola virus), for rapid characterization of this human-pathogenic virus....
Sulaiman, Irshad M., Sammons, Scott A., Wohlhueter, Robert M.
We recently developed a set of seven resequencing GeneChips for the rapid sequencing of Variola virus strains in the WHO Repository of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this study,...