Table 1. Blastocystis positive samples and subtypes identified from vertebrates and invertebrates.
Host group | Location | Scientific name | N° | Pos | Blastocystis subtype (ST) | |||||
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ST1 | ST2 | ST3 | ST4 | ST5 | ST8 | |||||
Nonhuman primates | ZOO | Cebus apella xanthosternos | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Macaca nemestrina | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Ateles sp | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Chlorocebus sp | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Leontopithecus chrysomelas | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Lagothrix lagotricha | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Saguinus imperator | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Papio sp | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
Pan troglodytes | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
Alouatta sp | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Macaca fuscata | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Aotus sp | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
ICTB |
Macaca mulatta | 30 | 18 | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
Saimiri sciureus | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Macaca fascicularis | 20 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | ||
Raccoon | ZOO | Procyon lotor | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rodents | CFMA |
Akodon cursor | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rattus rattus | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
Rio Claro |
Akodon cursor | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Akodon montensis | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Oligoryzomys nigripes | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Nectomys squamipes | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
SUMID | Nectomys squamipes | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
PEST | Oligoryzomys nigripes | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Trinomys eliasi | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Marsupials | CFMA |
Metachirus nudicautatus | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Didelphis aurita | 10 | 9 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
PEPB | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Rio Claro | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Armadillo | SUMID | Dasypus septemcinctus | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Birds | NIT | Gallus gallus | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Anas domesticus | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
ZOO | Anas domesticus / Cairina moschata | 40 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
SPS | Anser anser | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Swine | SG | Sus scrofa | 27 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 |
SPS | 12 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | ||
Cockroaches | NIT | Periplaneta americana | 60 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
RJ | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Reptiles | ZOO | Chelonoidis sp | 13 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 334 | 115 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 |
N°= number; Pos=Positive