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3.1. Prevalence of E. bieneusi in rhesus macaque populations

Of the 324 fecal specimens collected from the nine rhesus macaque populations, 38 (11.7%) were positive for E. bieneusi ( Table 1). In the 9 populations, the wild population SC-3 had the highest infection rate 26.3% (5/19), other wild populations were: SC-2,10.3% (6/58); CQ-2, 6.7% (2/30); XZ-1, 14.3% (4/28); XZ-2, 16.7% (5/30). The 3 semi-wild populations were: HN, 15.2% (7/46); CQ-1, 15.9% (7/44) and SC-1, 6.9% (2/29). Only QH population (n = 40) did not have infection of E. bieneusi . Moreover, the differences in the infection rates among the 9 populations were nonsignificant (p> 0.05).