Table 1 All the studies investigating the global prevalence and genetic diversity of microsporidia infection in dogs according to molecular methods
Continent, country | First author | Publication Year | Type of sample | Diagnostic methods | Genes | Sample size | Total infected | E. bieneusi (Genotypes) | Enc. cuniculi | Enc. intestinalis | Quality assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asia | |||||||||||
 China | Zhang et al. | 2011 | Fecal | PCR | ITS | 26 | 2 | 2 (CHN5(1)-CHN6(1)) | - | - | 8 |
Karim et al. | 2014 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 348 | 54 | 54 (PtEb IX(26)-O(4)-EbpA(2)-pigEBITS5(1)-D(3)-CD1(1)-CD2(1)-CD3(1)CD4(1)-CD5(1)-CD6(1)-CD7(2)-CD8(4)-CD9(1)-CM1(2)-Peru8(1)-EbpC(1)-type IV(1)) | - | - | 10 | |
Li et al. | 2015 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | SSU-rRNA and ITS | 267 | 18 | 18 (EbpC/NED1(1)-EbpC(1)-NED2(1)-PtEb IX(14)-D(1)) | - | - | 10 | |
Xu et al. | 2016 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 485 | 29 | 29 (PtEb IX(28)-D(1)) | - | - | 10 | |
Wen-Chao et al. | 2018 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 315 | 27 | 27(PtEb IX(16)-CHD1(2)-EbpC(4)-CHD2(2)-CHD3(3)) | - | - | 10 | |
 Iran | Jamshidi et al. | 2012 | Fecal | PCR | SSU-rRNA | 100 | 31 | 8 (unknown) | 18 | 5 | 10 |
Askari et al. | 2015 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | SSU-rRNA | 17 | 2 | 2 (unknown) | - | - | 7 | |
Delrobaei et al. | 2019 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | SSU-rRNA and ITS | 75 | 4 | 4 (D genotype) | - | - | 9 | |
 Japan | Abe et al. | 2009 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 79 | 2 | 2 (dog-specific genotype) | - | - | 7 |
Phrompraphai et al. | 2019 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 597 | 26 | 26 (PtEb IX) | - | - | 10 | |
 Thailand | Mori et al. | 2013 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 206 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 |
Europe | |||||||||||
 Spain | Lores et al. | 2002 | Fecal | PCR | SSU-rRNA | 17 | 2 | 2 (unknown) | - | - | 7 |
a Galvan-Diaz et al. | 2014 | Fecal | PCR | SSU-rRNA and ITS | 73 | 14 | 7 (A genotype) | - | - | 8 | |
Dashti et al. | 2019 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 237 | 2 | 2 (BEB6 and PtEb IX genotypes) | - | - | 10 | |
 Portugal | a Lobo et al. | 2003 | Fecal | PCR | SSU-rRNA | 36 | 3 | 3 (Unknown) | - | - | 7 |
a Matos et al. | 2004 | Fecal | PCR | SSU-rRNA | 58 | 3 | 3 (Unknown) | - | - | 7 | |
 Poland | Piekarska et al. | 2016 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 65 | 4 | 2 (PtEb IX(1)-D(1)) | 2 | - | 7 |
Piekarska et al. | 2017 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 82 | 6 | 4 (PtEb IX(2)-D(2)) | 2 | - | 9 | |
 Switzerland | Mathis et al. | 1999 | Fecal | PCR | ITS and MSP | 36 | 3 | 3 (D genotype) | - | - | 7 |
 Turkey | Duzlu et al. | 2019 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | SSU-rRNA, ITS and MSP | 282 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 10 |
America | |||||||||||
 Colombia | Santin et al. | 2008 | Fecal | PCR | ITS | 120 | 18 | 18 (PtEb IX(16)-K(1)-Peru5(1)) | - | - | 9 |
Africa | |||||||||||
 Egypt | Al-Herrawy et al. a | 2016 | Fecal | PCR | SINTF/SINTR and SSU-rRNA | 108 | 23 | 14 (unknown) | - | 19 | 9 |
Oceania | |||||||||||
 Australia | Zhang et al. | 2019 | Fecal | Nested-PCR | ITS | 342 | 15 | 15 (PtEb IX(9)-D(5)-VIC_dog1(1)) | - | - | 10 |