Cyclospore cayetanensis in Anhui, China

Table 1 Feces examination of Cyclospore cayetanensis in different groups (n,%)

Group	n	Auramine-phenol stain + Modified acid-fast stain
		Positive number	Positive rate
Control groupb	400	1	0.25
Infants	200	0	0.00
Pupils	200	1	0.50
Experimental groupb	210	13	6.19
Diarrheal patients	178	10	5.62
Immnocompromised individuals	32	3	9.38
Total	610	14	2.30

^bP < 0.01, χ² = 21.6684 vs: control group

Table 2 Clinical symptoms caused by Cyclospore cayetanensis (n,%)

Group	Case number	Case Percentage
Non-self-conscious symptom	4	28.57
Self-conscious symptom	10	71.43
General symptom	2	14.29
Upper digestive tract symptom	1	7.14
Lower digestive tract symptom	4	28.57
Upper and lower	1	7.14
digestive tract symptom
General and upper	1	7.14
digestive tract symptom
General and upper, lower	1	7.14
digestive tract symptom
Total	14	100

General symptom: acratia and fever; Upper digestive tract symptom: anorexia, nausea and vomiting; Lower digestive tract symptom: abdominal distention, abdomi-nal pain, loose stool and watery stool.

Table 3 Feces examination of Cyclospore cayetanensis of differ-ent gender

Group	n	Auramine-phenol stain+Modified anti-acid stain
		Positive number	Positive rate (%)
Male	383	10	2.61
Female	227	4	1.44
Total	610	14	2.30

P > 0.05, χ² = 0.4581

Table 4 Feces examination of Cyclospore cayetanensi in differ-ent areas

Group	n	Auramine-phenol stain+Modified acid-fast stain
		Positive number	Positive rate (%)
Urban area	325	3	0.92
Rural area	285	11	3.86
Total	610	14	2.30

P < 0.05, χ² = 5.8419

Table 5 Detection of specific antibody of individuals with Cyclospore cayetanensis (n,%)

Group	n	IgGb		IgMb		IgG+IgMb
		Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Oocysts positive	14	9	63.41	1	17.07	4	19.51
Oocysts negative	20	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00

^bP < 0.01, χ² = 10.4962 vs: oocyst negative

Table 6 Detection of T lymphocyte cell subsets of individuals with Cyclospore cayetanensis (n, ^-x±s,%)

Group	n	CD3+	CD4+	CD8+	CD4+/CD8+
Oocysts positive	14	64.28 ± 6.55a	43.55 ± 5.80c	28.23 ± 4.32	1.52 ± 0.32b
Oocysts negative	20	58.97 ± 5.23	39.26 ± 4.93	30.54 ± 5.17	1.26 ± 0.21

^aP < 0.05, t = 2.6213;

^cP < 0.05, t = 2.3226 and

^bP < 0.01, t = 2.8666 vs: negative group