Fig. 7

Course of infection of Cryptosporidium chipmunk genotype I. in different strains of experimentally inoculated laboratory mice (Mus musculus), gerbils (Meriones unquiculatus), ferrets (Mustela putorius furo), Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis). a Infection intensity expressed as number of oocysts per gram of feces (OPG) and b detection of oocysts based on molecular and microscopic examination of fecal samples. Black circles indicate the presence of oocysts and specific DNA of Cryptosporidium chipmunk genotype I; white circles indicate detection of specific-DNA only without oocyst detection. Crosses indicate that an animal was killed because of poor health