Table 1.
Occurrence of Blastocystis in domestic animals from different locations in Colombia.
| Location | Animal | No. of samples collected | No. of positive samples by PCR (%) | No. of positive samples by sequencing (%) | No. of samples with mixed infection* | Subtypes detected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogotá | Cow | 8 | 8 (100) | 8 (100) | 8 (100) | ST10, ST14, ST21, ST23 -ST26, ST32 |
| Dog | 4 | 2 (50) | 1 (25) | 1 (100) | ST23, ST24 | |
| Goat | 2 | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | ST10, ST14, ST21, ST23-ST26, ST32 | |
| Horse | 11 | 6 (54.5) | 2 (18.2) | 1 (50) | ST10, ST14, ST24 | |
| Llama | 1 | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | ST10, ST21, ST23-ST25 | |
| Sheep | 1 | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | ST10, ST14, ST21, ST23, ST24, ST26 | |
| Pig | 3 | 3 (100) | 3 (100) | 0 | ST5 | |
| Rabbit | 3 | 3 (100) | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Boyacá | Cow | 20 | 14 (70) | 5 (25) | 4 (80) | ST5, ST10, ST21, ST23, ST25, ST26 |
| Cundinamarca | Cow | 30 | 23 (76.7) | 14 (46.7) | 14 (100) | ST10, ST14, ST21, ST23, ST25, ST26 |
| Santander | Minipig | 35 | 33 (94.3) | 30 (85.7) | 12 (40) | ST1, ST3, ST5 |
| Total | 118 | 96 (81.4) | 67 (56.8) | 44 (65.7) |
*
Percentage of samples with diffferent subtype combinations in mixed infections detected with NGS.