Table 1. Prevalence of ITS sequence types (I–III) of Necator worms among humans and apes in Central African Republic (years 2010, 2011).* .
Necator-positive hosts [No. examined] | Single infection | Mixed infection | |||||
I | II | III | I, II | I, III | II, III | I, II, III | |
Humans (ecoguards) [2] | 2 | ||||||
Humans (PHP trackers) [8] | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
Humans (PHP trackers' family members) [7] | 5** | 1 | 1 | ||||
Humans (European researchers) [2] | 1 | 1 | |||||
Gorillas [14] | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||||
Chimpanzees [3] | 3 |
*Only sequenced samples are included.
** Restriction enzyme digestion showed that two of them have mixed infection.