Table 5.
Prevalence of Blastocystis subtype/subgroups and the means and ranges of subtype/subgroups detected in wild boars from Spain (SP) (n = 22) and Portugal (PT) (n = 34) using next-generation amplicon sequencing (NGS) in the present study.
| Subtype | Subtype prevalence (%) | Subtype reads (mean, %) | Subtype reads (range, %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP wild boar | PT wild boar | SP wild boar | PT wild boar | SP wild boar | PT wild boar | |
| ST5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99.6–100 | 99.8–100 |
| ST10a | 0 | 2.9 | – | 0.2 | – | 0.2 |
| ST13 | 0 | 2.9 | – | 0.1 | – | 0.1 |
| ST14 | 0 | 2.9 | – | 0.1 | – | 0.1 |
| ST15 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| ST24b | 0 | 2.9 | – | 0.1 | – | 0.1 |
| ST43 | 0 | 5.9 | – | 0.2 | – | 0.1–0.2 |
Subtypes previously reported in humans (regardless of their true zoonotic potential) are in bold.