Table 3 Occurrence of Cryptosporidium species/genotypes in rodents from different countries.
Country | Host (common name) | Scientific name | No. of samples | No. of positive (%) | Species/Genotype (n) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japan | Brown rats | Rattus norvegicus | 50 | 19 (38) | C. meleagridis (1), C. parvum (1), New genotypes (11) | Kimura et al., 2007 |
USA | Opossum | Didelphis virginiana | — | 2 | Marsupial genotype (2) | Feng et al., 2007 |
Chipmunk | Tamias striatus | — | 1 | C. baylei (1) | ||
Gray squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis | — | 1 | Skunk genotype (1) | ||
White-footed mouse | Peromyscus leucopus | — | 3 | C. parvum (3) | ||
Deer mouse | Peromyscus maniculatus | — | 3 | C. parvum (2), Muskrat II genotype (1) | ||
Red-backed vole | Clethrionomys gapperi | — | 2 | C. parvum (1), Muskrat II genotype (1) | ||
Meadow vole | Microtus pennsylvanicus | — | 5 | Muskrat II genotype (5) | ||
House mouse | Mus musculus | — | 1 | C. parvum (1) | ||
Australia | Black rats | Rattus rattus | 85 | 7 (8.2) | rat genotype III (4), rat genotype II (3) | Koehler et al., 2018 |
Swamp rats | Rattus lutreolus | 21 | 3 (14.3) | C. viatorum (3) | ||
Philippines | Asian house rat | Rattus tanezumi | 83 | 37 (44.6) | rat genotype III (18), rat genotype IV (5), suis-like genotype (5), C. scrofarum (3), rat genotype I (1), rat genotype II (1), C. muris (1) | Nghublin et al., 2013 |
Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus | 70 | 12 (18.6) | rat genotype II (5), rat genotype IV (1), C. muris (2), rat genotype I (2), C. scrofarum (1), rat genotype III (1) | ||
Iran | Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus | 91 | 6 (6.6) | C. parvum + C. muris (6) | Gholipoury et al., 2016 |
Nigeria | Laboratory rats | Rattus norvegicus | 134 | 2 (1.5) | C. andersoni (1), rat genotype II (1) | Ayinmode et al., 2017 |
Slovak Republic | Striped field mouse | Apodemus agrarius | 103 | 34 (33) | C. scrofarum (18), C. parvum (9), Muskrat genotype II (3), C. environment isolate (3), C. hominis (1) | Danišová et al., 2017 |
Bank vole | Myodes glareolus | 72 | 16 (22.2) | C. scrofarum (4), C. parvum (3), Muskrat genotype I (3), C. environment isolate (6) | ||
Yellow-necked mouse | Apodemus flavicollis | 73 | 15 (20.5) | C. scrofarum (5), C. suis (4), C. parvum (3), C. environment isolate (3) | ||
Italy | Red squirrels | Sciurus vulgaris | 70 | 17 (24.3) | ferret genotype (15), chipmunk genotype I (2) | Kvác et al., 2008 |
China | Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus | 64 | 4 (6.2) | C. tyzzeri (3), rat genotype III (1) | Lv et al., 2009 |
Asian house rat | Rattus tanezumi | 33 | 5 (15.2) | C. tyzzeri (1), rat genotype II (2), rat genotype III (2) | ||
Laboratory mouse | Mus musculus | 229 | 4 (1.7) | C. tyzzeri (4) | ||
Laboratory rat | Rattus norvegicus | 25 | 1 (4) | C. tyzzeri (1) | ||
Golden hamster | Mesocricetus auratus | 50 | 16 (32) | C. muris (7), C. andersoni (5), C. parvum (4) | ||
Siberian hamster | Phodopus sungorus | 51 | 4 (7.8) | C. parvum (2), C. muris (1), hamster genotype (1) | ||
Campbell hamster | Phodopus campbelli | 30 | 3 (10) | C. parvum (2), C. andersoni (1) | ||
Red squirrel | Sciurus vulgaris | 19 | 5 (26.3) | ferret genotype (5) | ||
Siberian chipmunk | Tamias sibiricus | 20 | 6 (30) | ferret genotype (4), C. parvum (1), C. muris (1), chipmunk genotype III (1) | ||
Guinea pig | Cavia porcellus | 40 | 34 (85) | C. wrairi (30) | ||
Chinchillas | Chinchilla lanigera | 140 | 14 (10) | C. ubiquitum (13), C. parvum (1). | Qi et al., 2015 | |
Brown rats | Rattus norvegicus | 242 | 22 (9.1) | rat genotype I (14), rat genotype IV (6), C. suis-like genotype (1), C. ubiquitum (1) | Zhao et al., 2018 | |
Squirrel monkey | Saimiri sciureus | 24 | 1 (4.2) | C. hominis monkey genotype II (1) | Liu et al., 2015a | |
Bamboo rats | Rhizomys sinensis | 92 | 3 (3.3) | C. parvum (3) | Liu et al., 2015b |
