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. 2010 Nov 22;55(2):637–648. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00900-10

TABLE 1.

Sources of Blastocystis isolates

Isolate Subtype Source Common hostsb
B ST-7 Symptomatic human, SGHa Humans, birds
E ST-7 Symptomatic human, SGHa Humans, birds
WR-1 ST-4 Wistar rat, animal surveyc Humans, rats
S ST-4 Sprague-Dawley rat, animal surveyc Humans, rats
a

Isolated from symptomatic patients presenting at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) (36).

b

Based on Tan (57).

c

Isolated during an animal survey (11).