Research Article
Cryptosporidiosis in Iranian Farm Workers and Their Household Members: A Hypothesis about Possible Zoonotic Transmission
Table 4
Prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidium genotypes in the calves based on age.
| Location | Herd | Age | | Cryptosporidium | C.parvum | C.bovis | C.ryanae | Pos. | Prevalence (%) | Pos. | Prevalence (%) | Pos. | Prevalence (%) | Pos. | Prevalence (%) |
| Goldasht | G1 | <2 months | 25 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2–6 months | 14 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | G2 | <2 months | 22 | 3 | 13.6 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2–6 months | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Juzdan | J1 | <2 months | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2–6 months | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J2 | 2–6 months | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 7.1 |
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Dehegh | D1 | <2 months | 11 | 2 | 18.1 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2–6 months | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | D2 | <2 months | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Alvijeh | O1 | <2 months | 33 | 8 | 24.2 | 7 | 21.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2–6 months | 17 | 2 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 5.9 | O2 | <2 months | 14 | 2 | 14.3 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2–6 months | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | | | 218 | 31 | 14.2 | 20 | 9.2 | 9 | 4.1 | 2 | 0.9 |
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