Table 1.
Showing the prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi isolates from Nigerian children.
| Age (months) |
Sample size | Diarrhoeic | Nondiarrhoeic | No positivea
(%) |
Genotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 (2.3) | New genotype* (1) |
| 6–12 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 2 (4.7) | Genotype D (1) Genotype D (1) |
| >12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 (2.3) | Genotype K (1) |
|
| |||||
| Total | 43 | 34 | 9 | 4 (9.3) | |
a E. bieneusi was detected in 3 and 1 diarrhoeic and nondiarrhoeic persons, respectively. There was no association between the infection and diarrhoea (P > 0.05, χ 2).
*Similar to genotype K (with two nucleotide substitutions).