Table 2 Occurrence of Cryptosporidium species/genotypes in farmed bamboo rats in Guangxi, Jiangxi and Hainan provinces, China, broken down by age
Age | n | No. positive (%) | Cryptosporidium spp. | C. parvum subtype | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. ubiquitum-like | C. parvum-like | C. occultus | C. parvum | ||||
0–2 months | 150 | 105 (70.0) | 21 | 28 | 0 | 56 | IIpA9 (n = 36), IIpA6 (n = 6) |
3–4 months | 50 | 28 (56.0) | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | IIpA9 (n = 2), IIoA15G1 (n = 2) |
4–6 months | 53 | 20 (37.7) | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | IIpA9 (n = 1), IIoA15G1 (n = 1) |
7–9 months | 36 | 10 (27.8) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
1–3 years | 408 | 45 (11.0) | 24 | 6 | 0 | 15 | IIpA9 (n = 4), IIoA15G1 (n = 6) |
Unknown | 12 | 1 (8.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 709 | 209 (29.5) | 85 | 45 | 1 | 78 | IIpA9 (n = 43), IIpA6 (n = 6), IIoA15G1 (n = 9) |