Table 1. Infection rates of Blastocystis subtype (ST) for howler monkey populations.
| Site ID | Localities/State | Species | N1 | % Blastocystis infection2 | % Blastocystis ST3 | Accession number of GenBank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | ST2 | ST8 | ||||||
| 1 | Playon de la Gloria/CHIAPAS | A. pigra | 9 | 11.1 (1/9) | - | 100 (1/1) | - | KT591833 |
| 2 | Reforma Agraria/CHIAPAS | A. pigra | 40 | 60 (24/40) | - | 100 (24/24) | - | KT591789-94, KT591804-05, KT591814-17, KT591799-803, KT591806-09, KT591811-13 |
| 3 | Tapijulapa, Cascadas de Villa Luz, Kolenchen/ TABASCO | A. pigra | 5 | 20 (1/5) | - | 100 (1/1) | - | KT591831, KT591839, KT591769 |
| A. palliata | 8 | 37.5 (3/8) | 100 (3/3) | |||||
| 4 | Poana, Xicotencatl/ TABASCO | A. pigra | 22 | 18.2 (4/22) | - | 50 (2/4) | 50 (2/4) | KT591786-87, KT591852-53 |
| 5 | Pochitocal/ TABASCO | A. pigra | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Cascadas de Agua Blanca/ TABASCO | A. pigra | 3 | 66.6 (2/3) | 50 (1/2) | 50 (1/2) | - | KT591851 |
| 7 | Rancheria Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez/ TABASCO | A. pigra | 5 | 80 (4/5) | - | 100 (4/4) | - | KT591795-98 |
| 8a | Islands, Xeha Lagoon, Emiliano Zapata/ TABASCO | A. pigra | 34 | 47(16/34) | 6.3 (1/16) | 93.7 (15/16) | - | KT591850, KT591770-75, KT591777-85 |
| 8b | Bertollini Ranch, Emiliano Zapata/ TABASCO | A. pigra | 16 | 37.5 (6/16) | 16.6 (1/6) | 83.3 (5/6) | - | KT591848, KT591820-23,KT591838 |
| 9 | Los Pajaros/ TABASCO | A. pigra | 4 | 25 (1/4) | - | 100 (1/1) | - | KT591788 |
| 10 | Parque La Venta/ TABASCO | A. palliata | 8 | 100 (8/8) | - | 100 (8/8) | - | KT591840-47 |
| 11 | Cocoa plantation and Ranch Cali/ TABASCO | A. palliata | 3 | 33.3 (1/3) | - | 100 (1/1) | - | KT591835 |
| 12 | Carlos Greene/ TABASCO | A. palliata | 30 | 26.6 (8/30) | 12. 5 (1/8) | 87.5 (7/8) | - | KT591849, KT591824-30 |
| 13 | Palestina/ TABASCO | A. palliata | 4 | 25 (1/4) | - | 100 (1/1) | - | KT591768 |
| 14 | Tabasquillo/ TABASCO | A. palliata | 7 | 28.6 (2/7) | - | 50 (1/2) | 50 (1/2) | KT591837, KT591854 |
| 15 | San Juanito and Tres Brazos/ TABASCO | A. pigra | 11 | 18.2 (2/11) | - | 100 (2/2) | - | KT591818-19 |
| 16 | Nueva Alianza and La Victoria /TABASCO | A. pigra | 11 | 27.3 (3/11) | - | 100 (3/3) | - | KT591834, KT591836, KT591832 |
| A. pigra | 166 | 38.5 (64/166) | 4.6 (3/64) | 92.1 (59/64) | 3.1 (2/64) | |||
| A. palliata | 59 | 38.9 (23/59) | 4.3 (1/23) | 91.3 (21/23) | 4.3 (1/23) | |||
| Total | 225 | 38.7 (87/225) | 4.6 (4/87)4 | 91.9 (80/87)5 | 3.5 (3/87)6 | |||
1N, number of analyzed howlers.
2% Blastocystis infection, obtained as all positive samples for Blastocystisx100/N.
3% Blastocystis ST, obtained as positive samples for each STx100/all positive samples for Blastocystis in a specific site.
4ST1 vs ST2+ST8 for A. palliata or A. pigra; p = 0.9471, 95% Confidence interval (95%IC) = 0.09–28.5.
5ST2 vs ST1+ST8 for A. palliata or A. pigra; p = 0.4981, 95%IC = 0.29–9.17.
6ST8 vs ST1+ST2 for A. palliata or A. pigra; p = 0.7840, 95%IC = 0.71–20.85.