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. 2023 Feb 7;9(2):220. doi: 10.3390/jof9020220

Table 1.

Number of Pneumocystis-positive samples and semiquantitative ISH results for Pneumocystis spp. in each mammal family.

Host Order Host Family Number of Animals
Positive ISH Score
+++
ISH Score
++
ISH Score
+
ISH Score
(+)
Even-toed
ungulates
(Artiodactyla)
(n = 380)
Bovidae (n = 96) 25 2 0 10 13
Camelidae (n = 23) 2 0 0 1 1
Cervidae (n = 21) 3 0 0 1 2
Suidae (n = 240) 114 13 51 38 12
Carnivores (Carnivora)
(n = 156)
Canidae (n = 31) 19 1 1 5 12
Felidae (n = 76) 5 0 0 1 4
Mustelidae (n = 47) 26 1 8 5 12
Procyonidae (n = 2) 1 0 0 0 1
Bats
(Chiroptera)
(n = 18)
Pteropodidae (n = 6) 0 0 0 0 0
Rhinolophidae (n = 1) 0 0 0 0 0
Vespertilionidae (n = 11) 1 0 0 0 1
Insectivores (Eulipotyphla)
(n = 41)
Erinaceidae (n = 17) 0 0 0 0 0
Soricidae (n = 19) 1 0 0 1 0
Talpidae (n = 3) 0 0 0 0 0
Tupaiidae (n = 2) 0 0 0 0 0
Lagomorphs (Lagomorpha)
(n = 14)
Leporidae (n = 14) 3 1 0 0 2
Odd-toed
ungulates
(Perissodactyla)
(n = 36)
Equidae (n = 36) 5 0 0 3 2
Primates
(Primates)
(n = 47)
Aotidae (n = 1) 0 0 0 0 0
Callitrichidae (n = 19) 0 0 0 0 0
Cebidae (n = 10) 0 0 0 0 0
Cercopithecidae (n = 14) 0 0 0 0 0
Hominidae (n = 2) 0 0 0 0 0
Pitheciidae (n = 1) 0 0 0 0 0
Rodents
(Rodentia)
(n = 153)
Castoridae (n = 1) 0 0 0 0 0
Caviidae (n = 12) 2 0 1 0 1
Chinchillidae (n = 6) 1 0 0 0 1
Cricetidae (n = 10) 1 0 0 0 1
Echimyidae (n = 8) 0 0 0 0 0
Muridae (n = 107) 7 2 2 1 2
Octodontidae (n = 4) 0 0 0 0 0
Sciuridae (n = 5) 0 0 0 0 0

ISH score +++: multiple signals, ISH score ++: moderate signals, ISH score +: few signals, ISH score (+): up to five scattered individual signals.