Table 3. Summarized table on the occurrence of Cryptosporidium in water samples collected from Ordu city and county boroughs examined by IFT and SAM-1 LAMP molecular assays.
| Water type | Location | No. of examined samples | Total no. of positive samples by IFT | Total no. of positive samples by SAM-1 LAMP |
| Tap water | All locations | All tap, well and fountain samples were negative. | ||
| Well water | ||||
| Fountain water | ||||
| Subtotal | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| % positive | (0%) | (0%) | ||
| River water | Ordu | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulubey | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| Unye | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Fatsa | 8 | 4 | 5 | |
| Kabatas-Aybastı-Korgan | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Persembe | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mesudiye-Golkoy | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Subtotal | 49 | 18 | 19 | |
| (%) | (36.7%) | (38.8%) | ||
| Total positive | 70 | 18 | 19 | |
| (%) | (25.7%) | (27.1%) | ||