Cryptosporidium spp

Li, Na, Ayinmode, Adekunle B., Zhang, Hongwei, Feng, Yaoyu & Xiao, Lihua, 2019, Host-adapted Cryptosporidium and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in straw-colored fruit bats in Nigeria, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 8, pp. 19-24 : 21

3.1. Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp ., G. duodenalis and E. bieneusi

Among the 109 specimens analyzed, 6 (5.5%) were positive for Cryptosporidium spp . by PCR analysis of the SSU rRNA gene and 16 (14.7%) were positive for E. bieneusi by PCR analysis of the ITS ( Table 1 ). In contrast, none of them were positive for G. duodenalis by tpi -based PCR.