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Table 5 Prevalence and ITS genotype distribution of E. bieneusi in different age groups from different provinces

From: Prevalence and genetic diversity of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in sheep in China

Province

Age

No. of specimens

No. positive (%)

95% CI

Genotype (no. of samples)

Anhui

Pre-weaned lambs

16

2 (12.5)

1.6–38.4

CHG3 (2)

Post-weaned lambs

22

3 (13.6)

2.9–34.9

CHG1 (2), CHG3 (1)

Adult sheep

14

1 (7.1)

0.2–33.9

CHG1 (1)

Beijing

Pre-weaned lambs

20

0

0–16.8

 

Post-weaned lambs

22

0

0–15.4

 

Adult sheep

22

0

0–15.4

 

Heilongjiang

Pre-weaned lambs

20

12 (60.0)

36.1–80.9

BEB6 (11), CHHLJS2 (1)

Post-weaned lambs

20

16 (80.0)

56.3–94.3

BEB6 (9), CHS7 (2), COS-I (2), CHHLJS1 (2), CHHLJS2 (1)

Adult sheep

20

3 (15.0)

3.2–37.9

BEB6 (1), CHS7 (1), CHHLJS1 (1)

Henan

Adult sheep

35

0

0–10.0

 

Inner Mongolia

Pre-weaned lambs

37

3 (8.1)

1.7–21.9

BEB6 (3)

Post-weaned lambs

35

0

0–10.0

 

Adult sheep

30

0

0–11.6

 

Jilin

Pre-weaned lambs

24

10 (41.7)

22.1–63.4

BEB6 (10)

Post-weaned lambs

25

6 (24.0)

9.4–45.1

BEB6 (6)

Adult sheep

21

3 (14.3)

3.1–36.3

BEB6 (3)

Ningxia

Pre-weaned lambs

40

23 (57.5)

40.9–73.0

CHS8 (12), BEB6 (10), CHNXS1 (1)

Post-weaned lambs

40

17 (42.5)

27.0–59.1

CHS8 (11), BEB6 (6)

Adult sheep

41

17 (41.5)

26.3–57.9

CHS8 (9), BEB6 (8)

Qinghai

Pre-weaned lambs

24

3 (12.5)

2.7–32.4

BEB6 (3)

Post-weaned lambs

32

3 (9.4)

2.0–25.0

BEB6 (2), NESH5 (1)

Adult sheep

20

1 (5.0)

0.1–24.9

BEB6 (1)

Shandong

Pre-weaned lambs

57

1 (1.8)

0–9.4

CHG1 (1)

Post-weaned lambs

29

5 (17.2)

5.9–35.8

BEB6 (2), CHG1 (2), CHG3 (1)

Adult sheep

36

10 (27.8)

14.2–45.2

CHG1 (8), BEB6 (1), CHG3 (1)

Shanghai

Pre-weaned lambs

20

6 (30.0)

11.9–54.3

BEB6 (5), COS-I (1)

Post-weaned lambs

64

17 (26.6)

16.3–39.1

BEB6 (17)

Adult sheep

68

13 (19.1)

10.6–30.5

BEB6 (13)

Xinjiang

Pre-weaned lambs

34

13 (38.2)

22.2–56.4

BEB6 (12), CHXJS1 (1)

Post-weaned lambs

36

5 (13.9)

4.7–29.5

BEB6 (5)

Adult sheep

29

1 (3.5)

0.1–17.8

BEB6 (1)