TABLE 1.
Summary of fecal sample collections.
| Date | Location | No. of samples | No. positivea | No. cloned | Sequence identifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | New York | 12 | 4 | 1 | Goose no. 7 |
| August 2001 | Illinois | 25 | 4 | 4 | Geese no. 1, 2, 3 (a and b), 5 |
| March 2002 | Massachusetts | 10 | 0 | ||
| June 2002 | Colorado | 15 | 0 | ||
| June 2002 | Virginia | 7 | 2 | 2 | Geese no. 8, 9 |
| June 2002 | Washington | 5 | 0 | ||
| July 2002 | Massachusetts | 25 | 0 | ||
| July 2002 | Colorado | 1 | 0 | ||
| August 2002 | Pennsylvania | 15 | 0 | ||
| August 2002 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 | ||
| September 2002 | Massachusetts | 19 | 1 | 1 | Goose no. 6 |
| October 2002 | Colorado | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 161 | 11 | 8 |
a
Positive for Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts by nested PCR targeting the hypervariable region of the 18S rRNA gene.