Table 2. - Number of Giardia duodenalis -positive patients considering the number of samples collected in each sampling scheme and in each animal species analyzed (humans, dogs, and cats). The Faust technique 1 was used to screen fecal specimens.
| Giardia -positive samples | ||||||
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| Daily sampling | Every-other-day sampling | |||||
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| S1 | S1 + 2 | S1 + 2 + 3 | S1 | S1 + 2 | S1 + 2 + 3 | |
| Humans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (71.4%) | 7 (100%) | 7 (100%) |
| Dogs | 3 (42.9%) | 5 (71.4%) | 7 (100%) | 3 (60%) | 3 (60%) | 5 (100%) |
| Cats | 0 | 1 (33.3%) | 3 (100%) | 0 | 1 (25%) | 4 (100%) |
| All three species | 3 (30%) | 6 (60%) | 10 (100%) | 8 (50%) | 11 (68.7%) | 16 (100%) |