Table 1.
Prevalence of Blastocystis sp. infection in Polish soldiers participating in a peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Kosovo and distribution of Blastocystis sp. subtypes by rank and age. NCO—non-commissioned officer, NI—not identified, (-) not applicable.
| First Batch | Second Batch | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Positive Samples/Number of Investigated Samples (% of Positive Samples) |
ST2 | ST3 | ST4 | ST7 | NI | Number of Positive Samples/Number of Investigated Samples (% of Positive Samples) |
ST2 | ST3 | ST4 | ST7 | NI | |
| Total | 6/192 (3.13%) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30/192 (15.60%) | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Results by rank | ||||||||||||
| NCO | 3/88 (3.41%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12/88 (13.63%) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Officer | 0/29 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | 6/29 (20.69%) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Private | 3/75 (4.00%) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11/75 (14.66%) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Results by age | ||||||||||||
| >46 | 0/13 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | 2/13 (15.38%) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36–45 | 2/81 (2.47%) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11/81 (13.58%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 25–35 | 4/85 (4.70%) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15/85 (17.65%) | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| <25 | 0/13 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | 2/13 (15.38%) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |