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Table 1 Prevalence and species/subtype distributions of Cryptosporidium spp. in yaks

From: Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis from yaks in the central western region of China

Location

No. of yaks

No. positive (%)

Age

<1 year

>1 year

No. positive/No. of yaks

Species (n)/subtype (n)

No. positive/No. of yaks

Species (n)/subtype (n)

Tianzhu

117

7 (6.0, 4.1–7.9 CIa)

5/40

C. bovis (1), C. ryanae (2), C. parvum (2)/IIdA15G1 (2)

2/77

C. bovis (1), C. ubiquitum (1)/XIIa (1)

Dangxiong

44

4 (9.1, 4.7–13.8 CI)

4/44

C. parvum (4)/IIdA19G1 (1)

  

Hongyuan

84

1 (1.2, 0–2.9 CI)

1/36

C. parvum (1)

0/48

 

Henan

34

4 (11.8, 6.2–17.4 CI)

3/21

C. bovis (1),

1/13

C. bovis (1)

C. parvum (2)/IIdA15G1 (1)

Dari

62

2 (3.2, 0.5– 5.9 CI)

2/30

C. bovis (1),

0/32

 

C. parvum (2)/IIdA18G1 (1)

Haihu

66

2 (3.0, 0.5–5.5 CI)

1/34

C. parvum (1)

1/32

C. parvum (1)

Maduo

39

1 (2.6, 0–6.2 CI)

1/20

C. ryanae (1)

0/19

 

Qilian

47

1 (2.1, 0–5.1 CI)

1/25

C. bovis (1)

0/22

 

Chengduo

52

0

0/24

 

0/28

 

Total

545

22 (4.0, 3.5–4.5 CI)

18/274 (6.6)b

C. bovis (4), C. ryanae (3), C. parvum (11)/IIdA15G1 (3), IIdA18G1 (1), IIdA19G1 (1)

4/271 (1.5)c

C. bovis (2), C. parvum (1), C. ubiquitum (1)/XIIa (1)

  1. a CI: 95 % confidence intervals
  2. b and c have significant difference