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Table 2 Prevalence and distribution of Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in natural infection of non human primates worldwide

From: Molecular prevalence and subtyping of Cryptosporidium hominis among captive long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) from Hainan Island, southern China

Country

Species of NHPs

No. positive/no. examined (%)

Species (n)

Subtype (n)a

Ref

Central African Republic

Gorilla gorilla gorilla (western lowland gorillas)

1/201 (0.5)

C. bovis (1)

[17]

China

Saimiri sciureus (squirrel monkey)

1

C. hominis (1)

IkA7G4 (1)b

[18]

China

Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque)

6/86 (7.0)

C. andersoni (5); C. parvum (1)

IIdA15G2R1 (1)

[19]

China

Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque)

9/1316 (0.7)

C. hominis (9)

IbA12G3 (7); PN (2)

[20]

China

Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque)

8/778 (1.0)

C. muris (4); C. hominis (4)

IiA17 (1); PN (3)

[20]

China

Nycticebus bengalensis (Bengal slow loris)

1/10 (10.0)

C. muris (1)

[20]

China

Presbytis francoisi (Francoisʼ leaf monkey)

1/15 (6.7)

C. hominis (1)

pn

[20]

China

Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque)

45/411 (10.9)

C. hominis (39); C. parvum (5); C. felis (1)

IaA13R7 (2); IaA13R8 (6); IaA14R7 (1); IdA20 (10); IeA11G3T3 (8); IfA16G2 (1); IIcA5G3a (5)

[21]

China

Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque)

1/205 (0.5)

C. hominis (1)

IdA14 (1)

[22]

Indonesia

Pongo abelii; Pongo pygmaeus (orangutans)

8/298 (2.7)

C. parvum (2); C. muris (6)

[23]

Kenya

Papio anubis (olive baboon)

6/235 (2.6)

C. hominis (6)

IfA12G2 (2); IbA9G3 (2); IiA14 (1)

[15]

Rwanda

Gorilla beringei beringei (mountain gorilla)

4/100 (4.0)

C. muris (2); C. meleagridis (2)

[24]

Thailand

Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque)

2/200 (1.0)

C. hominis (2)

[25]

Tanzania

Papio anubis (olive baboon)

5/47 (10.6)

C. hominis (5)

IfA12G2 (3/5)

[26]

Tanzania

Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)

12/58 (20.7)

C. hominis (7); C. suis (6)

IfA12G2 (2/7)

[26]

Tanzania

Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)

4/26 (15.4)

C. hominis (4)

IfA12G2 (3/4)

[26]

Uganda

Gorilla beringei beringei (mountain gorilla)

4/100 (4.0)

C. parvum (4)

[27]

USA

Propithecus coquereli (Coquerel’s sifaka)

1

C. suis (1)

[28]

USA

Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque)

1

C. hominis (1)

IiA17

[29]

  1. a The numbers of subtypes are not consistent with the positives of C. hominis in some countries because not all isolates were genotyped successfully
  2. b Subtype IkA7G4 was misnamed
  3. Abbreviations: Ref, reference; pn, PCR-negative; −, not subtyping or no subtypes