Table 2 Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in crab-eating macaques in Hainan, China by age, sex and fecal consistency
From: Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis subtypes in crab-eating macaques
Specimen | Sampling size | No. positive for Cryptosporidium (%) | Cryptosporidium species | C. parvum subtype (n) | C. hominis subtype (n) | C. ubiquitum subtype (n) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of C. parvum | No. of C. hominis | No. of C. muris | No. of C. ubiquitum | ||||||
1–2-years-old | 609 | 71 (11.7) | 21 | 47 | 3 | – | IIoA14G1 (14); IIdA19G1 (1) | ImA18 (26); InA17 (1); In (1); InA26 (4) | – |
2–3-years-old | 493 | 47 (9.5) | 9 | 30 | 7 | 1 | IIdA19G1 (1); IIoA14G1 (4) | ImA18 (12); InA14 (6) | XIId (1) |
> 3-years-old | 350 | 14 (4.0)a | – | 9 | 5 | – | – | IiA17 (3); InA26 (2) | – |
Male | 706 | 43 (6.1) | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | IIoA14G1 (12); IIdA19G1 (1) | InA26 (3) | XIId (1) |
Female | 599 | 75 (12.5)b | 6 | 68 | 1 | – | IIoA14G1 (1); IIdA19G1 (1) | ImA18 (38); In (1); InA14 (6); InA17 (1); InA26 (3); IiA17 (2) | – |
Unknown sex | 147 | 14 (11.6) | 4 | 2 |  |  | IIoA14G1 (5) | IiA17 (1) | – |
Normal stools | 1087 | 86 (7.9) | 20 | 50 | 15 | 1 | IIoA14G1 (12); IIdA19G1 (1) | ImA18 (13); InA14 (6); IiA17 (3); In (1); InA17 (1); InA26 (4) | XIId (1) |
Loose stools | 365 | 46 (12.6)c | 10 | 36 | – | – | IIoA14G1 (6); IIdA19G1 (1) | ImA18 (25); InA26 (2) | – |
Total | 1452 | 132 (9.1) | 30 | 86 | 15 | 1 | IIoA14G1 (18); IIdA19G1 (2) | ImA18 (38); In (1); InA14 (6); InA17 (1); InA26 (6); IiA17 (3) | XIId (1) |