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Table 2 Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis and distribution of assemblages by age

From: Prevalence and multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in dairy calves in Xinjiang, Northwestern China

Age

No. of samples

No. of positive for G. duodenalis (%) [95 % CI]

SSU rRNA gene (n)

bg (n)

gdh (n)

tpi (n)

Pre-weaned

237

23 (9.7) [8.4–11.0]

E (20), A (3)

E (9), A (1)

E (10), A (2)

E (9), A (3)

Post-weaned

277

46 (16.6) [15.3–17.9]

E (44), A (2)

E (18), A (1)

E (24), A (1)

E (18), A (2)

  1. Abbreviations: CI 95 % confidence interval, A assemblage A, E assemblage E