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Table 1 PCR-based results showed the infection rates and distribution of Cryptosporidium species in pigs of different collection sites, breeds and age groups

From: Molecular identification and epidemiological comparison of Cryptosporidium spp. among different pig breeds in Tibet and Henan, China

Factors

 

No. positive/sample size

Prevalence (%) (95% CI)

Cryptosporidium species (no.)

Collection site

Gongbujiangda County, Tibet

0/180

0

/

 

Mainling County, Tibet

3/434

0.69 (0–1.47)

C. scrofarum (3)

 

Sanmenxia, Henan

1/246

0.41 (0–1.21)

C. suis (1)

 

Kaifeng, Henan

19/229

8.30 (4.70–11.90)

C. suis (11), C. scrofarum (8)

Breed

Tibetan pig

3/614

0.49 (0–1.04)

C. scrofarum (3)

 

Yunan Black pig

1/246

0.41 (0–1.21)

C. suis (1)

 

Landrace pig

19/229

8.30 (4.70–11.90)

C. suis (11), C. scrofarum (8)

Age group

< 1 month

1/467

0.21 (0–0.63)

C. suis (1)

 

1–2 months

21/482

4.36 (2.53–6.19)

C. suis (11), C. scrofarum (10)

 

> 2 months

1/140

0.71 (0–2.13)

C. scrofarum (1)

Total

 

23/1089

2.11 (1.26–2.97)

C. suis (12), C. scrofarum (11)