|
Host species
|
No. of samples examined
|
No. of positives (prevalence)
| |
|---|
| | |
Cryptosporidium parvum
|
Giardia duodenalis
|
Entamoeba bovis
a
|
Entamoeba coli
a
|
Entamoeba hartmanni
a
|
Cyclospora
|
No. of mixed infections
|
|---|
|
Gorilla beringei beringei
|
68
|
1 (1.5%)
| | |
5 (7.4%)
|
33 (48.5%)
| |
1 (Cryptosporidium parvum and Entamoeba hartmanni)
|
|
Bos taurus
|
45
| |
2 (4.4%)
|
36 (80%)
| | | |
1 (Giardia duodenalis AII and Entamoeba bovis)
|
|
Capra hircus
|
57
|
1 (1.7%)
| |
34 (60%)
| | | |
1 (Cryptosporidium parvum and Entamoeba bovis)
|
|
Homo sapiens
|
33
| |
3 (9.1%)
| |
3 (9.1%)
| | | |
|
Totals
|
203
|
2 (1.0%)
|
5 (2.5%)
|
70
|
8 (3.9%)
|
33 (16.3%)
|
0
|
3
|
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aBased on the criteria of Jacob et al. [13], it is ‘technically’ not possible to classify Entamoeba genetic types to the level of species having amplified < 80% of SSU gene. However, based on initial sequence comparisons, and our phylogenetic analysis, we interpret sequence data with caution and classify Entamoeba samples as variants of E. bovis, E. coli or E. hartmanni
