TABLE 1.
Distribution of Cryptosporidium genotypes and subtype families in Kuwaiti children by age
| Age group | No. of cases | No. of patients infected witha:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. parvum | C. hominis | IIa allele | IId allele | Other alleles | ||
| <2 years | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2-3 years | 20 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 4-6 years | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 7-10 years | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| 11-19 years | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Unknown | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 62 | 59 | 4 | 28 | 29 | 7 |
a
One child had mixed infections of C. parvum and C. hominis, and two additional children had mixed infections of two C. parvum subtypes.