Cryptosporidiosis in Iranian Farm Workers and Their Household Members: A Hypothesis about Possible Zoonotic Transmission

Table 4

Prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidium genotypes in the calves based on age.

Location	Herd	Age	𝑛	Cryptosporidium		C.parvum		C.bovis		C.ryanae
				Pos.	Prevalence (%)	Pos.	Prevalence (%)	Pos.	Prevalence (%)	Pos.	Prevalence (%)
Goldasht	G1	<2 months	25	3	12	3	100	0	0	0	0
		2–6 months	14	1	7.1	0	0	1	100	0	0
	G2	<2 months	22	3	13.6	2	9.1	1	4.5	0	0
		2–6 months	15	2	13.3	0	0	2	100	0	0
Juzdan	J1	<2 months	13	2	15.4	2	100	0	0	0	0
		2–6 months	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	J2	2–6 months	14	3	21.4	0	0	2	14.3	1	7.1
Dehegh	D1	<2 months	11	2	18.1	2	100	0	0	0	0
		2–6 months	9	1	11.1	0	0	1	100	0	0
	D2	<2 months	13	2	15.4	2	100	0	0	0	0
Alvijeh	O1	<2 months	33	8	24.2	7	21.2	1	3	0	0
		2–6 months	17	2	11.8	0	0	1	5.9	1	5.9
	O2	<2 months	14	2	14.3	2	100	0	0	0	0
		2–6 months	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			218	31	14.2	20	9.2	9	4.1	2	0.9