Table 2.
Distribution of Cryptosporidium spp. according to area of origin of infection among 398 patients with cryptosporidiosis diagnosed in Sweden from 2013 to 2014.
| Species/Genotypes | Number of Samples (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Sweden | Other European Countries | Africa | Asia | North America | South America | Unknown | |
| C. parvum | 299 | 211 (71) | 60 (20) | 9 (3) | 5 (2) | 3 (1) | 1 | 10 (3) |
| C. hominis | 49 | 8 (16) | 10 (20) | 14 (29) | 13 (27) | 3 (6) | 1 (2) | 0 |
| C. parvum + C. hominis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. meleagridis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. cuniculus | 5 | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cryptosporidium chipmunk genotype I | 5 | 5 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. felis | 4 | 3 (75) | 0 | 0 | 1 (25) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. erinacei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. ubiquitum | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. suis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. viatorum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cryptosporidium horse genotype | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. ditrichi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| None-typable 1 | 19 | 16 (84) | 1 (5) | 2 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All cases | 398 | 250 (63) | 75 (19) | 27 (7) | 28 (7) | 6 (3) | 2 (1) | 10 (3) |
1 Negative in all PCRs.