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. 2005 Aug;71(8):4446–4454. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4446-4454.2005

TABLE 2.

Comparison of the performance between microscopy and PCR in the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in storm water samples from the Ashokan, Malcolm, and N5 basins

Watershed Sampling site Total no. of samples No. of samples
Total no. of genotypes No. of genotypes per sample
Microscopy positive PCR positive 0 1 2 3 4 >4
Malcolm Brook MB3 44 22/40 41/44 14/22 3 15 13 10 2 1
Malcolm Brook MB9 6 0/6 0/6 0/22 6 0 0 0 0 0
N5 basin N51 44 27/40 40/44 18/22 4 9 8 6 8 9
Ashokan Brook E13i 27 14/27 26/27 12/22 1 14 10 2 0 0