TABLE 1.
Infection rates of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in children in the cities Harbin and Daqing of Heilongjiang Province, China
| Group | Age (yr) | City | Sourcea | Infection rate (% [positive no./total no.]) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Diarrhea | Nondiarrhea | ||||
| I | <1 | Harbin | IH | 25.8 (8/31) | 30.8 (4/13) | 22.2 (4/18) | 25 (1/4) | 25.9 (7/27) |
| II | 1–3 | Harbin | IH | 11.1 (1/9) | 20 (1/5) | 0.0 (0/4) | 0.0 (0/0) | 11.1 (1/9) |
| III | 3–6 | Harbin | NS1 | 0.0 (0/20) | 0.0 (0/12) | 0.0 (0/8) | 0.0 (0/0) | 0.0 (0/20) |
| Harbin | NS2 | 0.0 (0/17) | 0.0 (0/9) | 0.0 (0/8) | 0.0 (0/0) | 0.0 (0/17) | ||
| IV | 6–12 | Harbin | PS1 | 12.3 (7/57) | 10.7 (3/28) | 13.8 (4/29) | 0.0 (0/0) | 12.3 (7/57) |
| Daqing | PS2 | 0.0 (0/41) | 0.0 (0/17) | 0.0 (0/24) | 0.0 (0/0) | 0.0 (0/41) | ||
| Daqing | PS3 | 0.0 (0/11) | 0.0 (0/2) | 0.0 (0/9) | 0.0 (0/0) | 0.0 (0/11) | ||
| Daqing | PS4 | 0.0 (0/29) | 0.0 (0/14) | 0.0 (0/15) | 0.0 (0/0) | 0.0 (0/29) | ||
| Daqing | PS5 | 7.5 (3/40) | 0.0 (0/24) | 18.8 (3/16) | 0.0 (0/0) | 7.5 (3/40) | ||
a
IH, in hospital; NS, nursery school; PS, primary school.