Table 1.
Summary of studies reporting prevalence and subtypes of Blastocystis identified in deer. Potentially zoonotic subtypes are in bold.
| Host (Scientific Name) | Country | Source of Deer | No. of Samples Examined/ No. of Positives (%) |
Subtype(s) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasia elk (Alces alces) | United Kingdom | Zoo | 2/1 (50%) a | ST4(1), ST10(1), ST14(1), ND(1) | [27] |
| United Kingdom | Zoo | 3/1 (33.3%) a | ST4(1), ST10(1), ST14(4) | [28] | |
| Fallow deer (Dama dama) | China | Captive | 2/1 (50%) | ST10(1) | [24] |
| Mauritius | Zoo | 2/2 (100%) | ST10(2) | [25] | |
| Gray brocket (Mazama gouazoubira) | Brazil | Captive | 1/1 (100%) | ST5(1) | [26] |
| Korean water deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus) | South Korea | Wild | 125/51 (40.8%) | ST4(1), ST14(25) b | [29] |
| Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) | Brazil | Captive | 1/1 (100%) | ND(1) b | [26] |
| Muntjac deer (Muntiacus reevesi) | United Kingdom | Zoo | 1/1(100%) | ST14(1) | [27] |
| United Kingdom | Zoo | 1/1(100%) | ST13(1) | [28] | |
| Red deer (Cervus elaphus) | Australia | Wild | 50/1 (2%) | ST4(1) | [30] |
| China | Captive | 3/1 (33.3%) | ST10(1) | [24] | |
| China | Zoo | 5/2 (40%) | ST10(2) | [31] | |
| United Kingdom | Zoo | 1/1(100%) a | ST4(2), ST10(6) | [27] | |
| United Kingdom | Zoo | 3/1(33.3%) a | ST4(3), ST10(5) | [28] | |
| Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) | China | Farm | 104/7 (6.7%) | ST10(3), ST13(4) | [23] |
| United Kingdom | Zoo | 1/1(100%) | ST10(1) | [28] | |
| Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) | Denmark | Zoo | 1 c | ST10(1) | [32] |
| United Kingdom | Zoo | 2/1 (50%) | ST5(1) | [25] | |
| Sika deer (Cervus nippon) | China | Farm | 6/760 (0.8%) | ST10(5), ST14(1) | [33] |
| China | Captive | 8/3 (37.5%) | ST10(3) | [24] | |
| China | Farm | 82/12 (14.6%) | ST10(10), ST14(2) | [23] | |
| China | Zoo | 11/1 (9.1%) | ST1(1) | [4] | |
| Spotted deer (Axis axis) | Bangladesh | Zoo | 30/1 (3.3%) | ST14(1) | [34] |
| White-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris) | China | Captive | 1/1 (100%) | ST10(1) | [24] |
| White tailed-deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | United States | Wild | 80/71 (88.8) | ST1(1), ST3(2), ST4(3), ST10(51), ST14(30), ST21(14), ST23(14), ST24(55), ST25(1), ST26(2), ST30(11), ST31(19) d | This study |
ND: Not determined. a The number of STs identified is based on the number of sequence positive clones obtained and does not correspond with the number of positive samples identified. b Not all PCR positive samples were successfully sequenced. c This study was not a survey. d The numbers of STs exceed the number of samples because multiple subtypes were observed in individual samples. For details of ST combinations, see Table 2.