Table 2.
Molecular detection of microsporidian species/genotypes by age and gender
| Age category | Stool consistency | No. examined/no. positive |
Organisms(s) (no. of positive individuals) detected by PCRa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechs | Foreigners | Czechs | Foreigners | ||
| 0–5 | Formed | 19/6 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (3), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1), Encephalitozoon intestinalis (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi BEB4 (1) | ||
| Paste | 17/6 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (3), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1), Encephalitozoon intestinalis (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi EpbA + Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (1) | |||
| Diarrhea | 2/1 | Enterocytozoon bieneusi EpbA + Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (1) | |||
| 6–11 | Formed | 35/14 | 1/0 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (10), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (2), Enterocytozoon bieneusi EpbA (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi CZ3 + Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1) | |
| Paste | 23/12 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi I (1), Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (10), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1) | |||
| Diarrhea | 3/1 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (1) | |||
| 12–19 | Formed | 17/6 | 43/21 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (6) | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (13), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (2), Enterocytozoon bieneusi EbpA (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi CZ1 (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi CZ3 (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi EbpA + Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi BFRmr2 + Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi CZ3 + Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1) |
| Paste | 5/2 | 17/7 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (2) | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (5), Enterocytozoon bieneusi EbpA + Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (2) | |
| Diarrhea | 2/1 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (1) | |||
| 20–49 | Formed | 63/26 | 30/10 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi I (2), Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (16), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (5), Enterocytozoon bieneusi CZ2 (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi CZ3 (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi EpbA + Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (1) | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (6), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (2), Enterocytozoon bieneusi EbpA + Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi BEB4 + Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (1) |
| Paste | 39/19 | 22/7 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi I (1), Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (12), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (3), Enterocytozoon bieneusi PigEBITS5 (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi BFRmr2 (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi PigEBITS5 + Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1) | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (5), Enterocytozoon bieneusi EbpA + Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (1), Enterocytozoon bieneusi PigEBITS5 + Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1) | |
| Diarrhea | 10/2 | 2/0 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (2) | ||
| 50+ | Formed | 11/4 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (3), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1) | ||
| Paste | 13/10 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (9), Encephalitozoon hellem 1A (1) | |||
| Diarrhea | 8/4 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi II (4) | |||
| Total | 265/113 | 117/46 | 113 | 46 | |
a
I, II, and 1A are genotypes of Encephalitozoon spp.; EbpA, BEB4, BFRmr2, PigEBITS5, CZ1, CZ2, and CZ3 are genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi.