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Table 3 Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. and G. duodenalis in swine reported worldwide

From: Presence of zoonotic Cryptosporidium scrofarum, Giardia duodenalis assemblage A and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in captive Eurasian wild boars (Sus scrofa) in China: potential for zoonotic transmission

Pathogen

Host

Country

Infection rate (%) (No. infected/No. examined)

Species/assemblage

Reference

Cryptosporidium

Wild boar

Spain

16.7 (35/209)

C. scrofarum (19), C. suis (5), C. parvum (3)

[6]

Wild boar

Spain

7.6 (29/381)

[31]

Wild boar

Czech Republic

16.5 (32/193)

C. scrofarum (7), C. suis (13), C. scrofarum + C. suis (12)

[32]

Wild boar

Czech Republic

16.9 (39/231)

C. scrofarum (14), C. suis (13), C. scrofarum + C. suis (12)

[33]

Wild boar

Austria

18.2 (8/44)

C. scrofarum (3), C. suis (2), C. scrofarum + C. suis (3)

[33]

Wild boar

Poland

8.5 (11/129)

C. scrofarum (8), C. suis (1), C. scrofarum + C. suis (2)

[33]

Wild boar

Poland

0 (0/5)

[34]

Wild boar

Slovak Republic

5.4 (3/56)

C. scrofarum (1), C. suis (2)

[33]

Subtotal

12.6 (157/1248)

C. scrofarum (52), C. suis (36), C. parvum (3), C. scrofarum + C. suis (29)

G. duodenalis

Wild boar

Spain

1.3 (5/381)

[31]

Wild boar

Poland

0 (0/5)

[34]

Wild boar

Croatia

1.4 (2/144)

A (1)

[37]

Subtotal

1.3 (7/530)

A (1)

G. duodenalis

Domestic pig

Austrila

31.1 (90/289)

A (19), E (37), F (1)

[38]

Domestic pig

Brazil

3.4 (3/90)

E (2), D (1)

[39]

Domestic pig

Denmark

17.4 (215/1237)

[40]

Domestic pig

Canada

66.4 (81/122)

B (58), E (5)

[9]

Domestic pig

Canada

1.0 (6/633)

[41]

Domestic pig

UK

57.1 (4/7)

C (1), F (2)

[8]

Domestic pig

Norway

1.5 (10/684)

[42]

Subtotal

13.4 (409/3062)

B (58), E (44), A (19), C (1), D (1), F (3)