Table 1 Distribution of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Giardia duodenalis genotypes in farmed masked palm civets in southern China by sampling location and age
Specimen | No. of specimens | E. bieneusi | G. duodenalis | Co-infection | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. positive (%) | Genotype (n) | No. positive (%) | Genotype (n) | No. positive (%) | ||
Hainan | 209 | 180 (86.1)a | PL1 (95), PL2 (75) | 8 (3.8) | B (8) | 6 (2.9) |
Chongqing | 85 | 73 (85.9)a | PL1 (57), PL3 (11), PL2 (5) | 7 (8.2) | B (6), B + D (1) | 7 (8.2) |
Guangdong | 106 | 49 (46.2) | PL2 (30), PL1 (16), PL7 (1), PL8 (1) | 14 (13.2)c | B (14) | 13 (12.3)e |
Jiangxi | 489 | 172 (35.2) | PL1 (74), PL2 (59), PL4 (15), PL9 (5), PL6 (4), PL5 (3), PL10 (2), PL11 (2), J (1), Peru8 (1) | 5 (1.0) | B (5) | 5 (1.0) |
< 1 year | 469 | 286 (61.0) | PL1 (157), PL2 (87), PL3 (11), PL4 (10), PL9 (4), PL6 (4), PL5 (3), PL11 (2), PL10 (1), Peru8 (1) | 13 (2.8) | B (12), B + D (1) | 12 (2.6) |
1–2 years | 129 | 69 (53.5) | PL2 (35), PL1 (30), PL7 (1), PL8 (1) | 14 (10.9)d | B (14) | 13 (10.1)f |
> 2 years | 291 | 119 (40.9)b | PL1 (55), PL2 (47), PL4 (5), PL9 (1), PL10 (1), J (1) | 7 (2.4) | B (7) | 6 (2.1) |
Total | 889 | 474 (53.3) | PL1 (242), PL2 (169), PL4 (15), PL3 (11), PL9 (5), PL6 (4), PL5 (3), PL10 (2), PL11 (2), PL7 (1), PL8 (1), J (1), Peru8 (1) | 34 (3.8) | B (33), B + D (1) | 31 (3.5) |