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Table 1 Distribution of Cryptosporidium species/genotypes and Cryptosporidium parvum subtypes in bamboo rats on farms in Jiangxi, Hainan and Guangxi provinces, China

From: Common occurrence of divergent Cryptosporidium species and Cryptosporidium parvum subtypes in farmed bamboo rats (Rhizomys sinensis)

Location

Farm

Animal age

n

No. positive (%)

Cryptosporidium spp.

C. ubiquitum-like

C. parvum-like

C. occultus

C. parvum

C. parvum subtype

Guangxi

1

0–2 months

9

7 (77.8)

4

3

7–9 months

6

2 (33.3)

2

1–3 years

88

16 (18.2)

5

4

7

IIoA15G1 (n = 6)

Subtotal

103

25 (24.3)

11

7

7

IIoA15G1 (n = 6)

2

0–2 months

11

2 (18.2)

1

1

IIpA6 (n = 1)

1–3 years

43

1 (2.3)

1

Subtotal

54

3 (5.6)

1

2

IIpA6 (n = 1)

3

0–2 months

4

1 (25.0)

1

IIpA6 (n = 1)

1–3 years

24

2 (8.3)

2

Subtotal

28

3 (10.7)

2

1

IIpA6 (n = 1)

4

0–2 months

50

34 (68.0)

2

21

11

IIpA9 (n = 7)

3–4 months

25

12 (48.0)

10

 

2

IIpA9 (n = 1)

4–6 months

28

11 (39.3)

8

3

7–9 months

16

5 (31.3)

2

2

1

1–3 years

123

6 (4.9)

4

1

1

IIpA9 (n = 1)

Subtotal

244

68 (27.9)

26

28

14

IIpA9 (n = 9)

5

1–3 years

30

2 (6.7)

1

1

Subtotal

30

2 (6.7)

1

1

6

1–3 years

18

2 (11.1)

1

1

Subtotal

18

2 (11.1)

1

1

Jiangxi

7

0–2 months

18

15 (83.3)

9

6

IIpA9 (n = 3), IIpA6 (n = 3)

3–4 months

19

10 (52.6)

8

1

1

IIpA9 (n = 1)

4–6 months

21

7 (33.3)

6

1

IIpA9 (n = 1)

7–9 months

13

3 (23.1)

3

1–3 years

82

16 (19.5)

12

4

IIpA9 (n = 4)

Subtotal

153

51 (33.3)

38

1

12

IIpA9 (n = 9), IIpA6 (n = 3)

Hainan

8

0–2 months

17

13 (76.5)

5

4

 

4

IIpA6 (n = 1), IIoA15G1 (n = 2)

3–4 months

6

5 (83.3)

4

1

IIoA15G1 (n = 1)

4–6 months

3

2 (66.7)

1

1

Subtotal

26

20 (76.9)

5

9

6

IIpA6 (n = 1), IIoA15G1 (n = 3)

9

0–2 months

41

34 (82.9)

34

IIpA9 (n = 25)

Unknown

12

1 (8.3)

1

Subtotal

53

35 (66.0)

1

34

IIpA9 (n = 25)

Total

 

709

209 (29.4)

85

45

1

78

IIoA15G1 (n = 9), IIpA9 (n = 43), IIpA6 (n = 6)