Table 1. Encephalitozoon cuniculi, Cryptosporidium spp., Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Giardia spp. in orangutans under different levels of human contact.
Locality | Human contact | n1 | n2 | Positive animals | ||||
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Encephalitozoon spp. | Enterocytozoon bieneusi | Cryptosporidium spp. | Giardia spp. | |||||
Kalimantan | Sabangau | wild | 18 | 39 | - | - | - | - |
Tuanan | wild | 15 | 48 | 1× EC II# | 1× D# | - | - | |
OCQC | captive | 135 | 141 | - | 1×Pongo 2$ | 5× C. muris$ 1× C. parvum type A | - | |
Tanjung Putting | semi-wild | 40 | 40 | 1× EC II | 1× D | 1× C. parvum type B | ||
Sumatra | Bukit Lawang | semi-wild | 56 | 114 | 10× EC II | 1× D | - | 1× B |
Suaq | wild | 17 | 26 | 4× EC II | - | 1× C. muris | - | |
Ketambe | wild | 17 | 62 | 5× EC II& | 2× D& | - | - | |
298 | 470 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
D = E. bieneusi genotype D; EC II = Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype II; B = Giardia intestinalis assemblage B; n1 = number of sampled animals; n2 = number of samples;
#, &, $co-infection in one animal