Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014
Research
Subtyping Cryptosporidium ubiquitum,a Zoonotic Pathogen Emerging in Humans
Table 1
Origin and gp60 subtype identity of Cryptosporidium ubiquitum specimens from human, animals, and water, 2002–2012
Host group/species | Total no. samples | Source location (no. samples) | Subtype family (no. samples) |
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Rodent | |||
Eastern chipmunk | 2 | USA (2) | XIIb (1), XIId (1) |
Eastern gray squirrel | 2 | USA (2) | XIId (2) |
Red squirrel | 1 | USA (1) | XIId (1) |
Woodchuck | 1 | USA (1) | XIId (1) |
Beaver | 1 | USA (1) | XIId (1) |
Ring-tailed porcupine | 2 | USA (2) | XIIc (2) |
Goat through porcupine* | 3 | USA (3) | XIIc (3) |
Yellow-necked field mouse | 2 | Slovak Republic (2) | XIIe (1), XIIf (1) |
Striped field mouse |
Slovak Republic (2) |
XIIe (2) |
|
Carnivore | |||
Raccoon |
1 |
USA (1) |
XIId (1) |
Parissodactyla | |||
Horse |
1 |
UK (1) |
XIIa (1) |
Ruminant | |||
Sheep | 56 | USA (14), Peru (1), Brazil (3), Spain (9), UK (4), Turkey (1), China (18), Australia (6) | XIIa (56) |
Goat | 1 | Algeria (1) | XIIa (1) |
Yak | 3 | China (3) | XIIa (3) |
Buffalo | 1 | South Africa (1) | XIIa (1) |
Alpaca | 1 | Peru (1) | XIIa (1) |
Swamp deer | 3 | Nepal (3) | XIIa (3) |
Impala | 1 | South. Africa (1) | XIIa (1) |
Blesbok | 1 | Czech Republic (1) | XIIa (1) |
Nyala | 1 | Czech Republic (1) | XIIa (1) |
Nonhuman primate | |||
Verreaux’s sifaka |
1 |
USA (1) |
XIIb (1) |
Human | 41 | USA (25) | XIIb (9), XIIc (4), XIId (12) |
UK (13) | XIIa (8), XIIb (3), XIId (2) | ||
Turkey (1) | XIIa (1) | ||
Peru (1) | XIIa (1) | ||
Canada (1) |
XIIa (1) |
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Water | |||
Storm water | 15 | USA (15) | XIIb (15) |
Source water | 3 | USA (3) | XIIb (2), XIId (1) |
*Experimentally infected with specimen from a porcupine.