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Volume 31, Number 2—February 2025
Research

Cyclospora Genotypic Variations and Associated Epidemiologic Characteristics, United States, 2018–2021

John Shen, Vitaliano A. Cama1, David Jacobson, Joel Barratt, and Anne Straily1Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (J. Shen); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. (J. Shen, V.A. Cama, D. Jacobson, J. Barratt, A. Straily)

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Table 2

Characteristics of patients in study of Cyclospora genotypic variations and associated epidemiologic characteristics, United States, 2018–2021*

Characteristic Overall Infected with C. ashfordi Infected with C. cayetanensis p value
No. patients
 1,538
 437
 1,101
Age, y 0.10
Mean (SD) 50.7 (16.6) 49.6 (16.5) 51.1 (16.6)
Missing, no.
 22
 8
 14
Race 0.11
White 1,048 (94) 306 (92) 742 (95)
Black or African American 45 (4.0) 21 (6.3) 24 (3.1)
Asian 13 (1.2) 3 (0.9) 10 (1.3)
American Indian or Alaska Native 6 (0.5) 2 (0.6) 4 (0.5)
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1 (<0.1) 0 (0) 1 (0.1)
Missing, no.
 425
 105
 320
Ethnicity <0.001
Non-Hispanic 1,080 (86) 310 (80) 770 (88)
Hispanic 183 (14) 78 (20) 105 (12)
Missing, no.
 275
 49
 226
Sex >0.99
F 862 (57) 244 (57) 618 (57)
M 640 (43) 181 (43) 459 (43)
Missing, no. 36 12 24

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated.

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1These senior authors were co–principal investigators.

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