Table 1.

Occurrence and genotype distribution of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in children of 18 child care centers in El-Dakahlia, El-Gharbia, and Damietta, Northeast Egypt

Location	Child care center	No. of positive/no. of samples	Occurrence (%)	Genotypes (n)
El-Dakahlia	CC1	1/34	2.9	Type IV (1)
	CC2	1/39	2.6	Type IV (1)
	CC3	2/33	6.1	Type IV (1), Peru8 (1)
	CC4	3/31	9.7	Type IV (1), Peru8 (2)
	CC5	0/22	0	-
	CC6	0/35	0	-
	CC7	3/37	8.1	Type IV (2), Peru8 (1)
	CC8	3/41	7.3	Peru8 (1), Peru6 (1), Peru11 (1)
	Subtotal	13/272	4.8	Type IV (6), Peru8 (5), Peru6 (1), Peru11 (1)
El-Gharbia	CC9	1/27	3.7	Peru6 (1)
	CC10	0/30	0	-
	CC11	2/34	5.9	Peru8 (1), Peru11 (1)
	CC12	2/29	6.9	Type IV (2)
	CC13	2/32	6.3	Type IV (2)
	CC14	0/37	0	-
	Subtotal	7/189	3.7	Type IV (4), Peru8 (1), Peru6 (1), Peru11 (1)
Damietta	CC15	0/22	0	-
	CC16	2/28	7.1	Type IV (1), Peru8 (1)
	CC17	4/38	10.5	Type IV (2), Peru8 (2)
	CC18	1/36	2.8	D
	Subtotal	7/124	5.6	Type IV (3), Peru8 (3), D (1)
Total		27/585	4.6	Type IV (13), Peru8 (9), Peru11 (2), Peru6 (2), D (1)

CC, child care center