Table 3.
Worldwide distribution of Blastocystis subtypes in dogs and cats reported in 19 molecular studies (25 datasets)
| Author, year (n datasets) | Total samples (n) | Infected samples (n) | Prevalence (%) | Subtyping of infected samplesa | Zoonotic subtypesd (n/%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subtypedb (n/%) | Unidentifiedc (n/%) | |||||
| Dogs | ||||||
| Boutellis, 2021 (2 datasets) | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | – | 1/100 | – |
| Osman, 2015 | 116 | 4 | 3.4 | ST2 (2/50), ST10 (2/50) | – | Feb-50 |
| Udonsom, 2018 (2 datasets) | 13 | 1 | 7.7 | ST3 (1/100) | – | 1/100 |
| Ramirez, 2014 | 40 | 15 | 37.5 | ST2 (15/100) | – | 15/100 |
| Wang, 2013 (1 dataset) | 80 | 2 | 2.5 | ST1 (2/100) | – | 2/100 |
| Wang, 2013 (2 datasets) | 80 | 1 | 1.3 | ST2 (1/100) | – | 1/100 |
| Wang, 2013 (3 datasets) | 80 | 19 | 24 | ST1 (9/47.4), ST4 (2/10.5), ST5 (1/5.3), ST6 (7/36.8) | – | 19/100 |
| Belleza, 2016 | 145 | 20 | 13.8 | ST2 (1/5), ST3 (2/10), ST4 (2/10), ST5 (2/10), ST1/ST3 (1/5), ST2/ST3 (1/5), ST4/ST5 (1/5) | Oct-50 | Oct-50 |
| Li, 2016 | 315 | 6 | 1.9 | ST1 (2/33.3), ST1/ST2 (4/66.7) | – | 6/100 |
| Ruaux, 2014 (2 datasets) | 103 | 10 | 9.7 | ST1 (2/20), ST10 (2/20) | Jun-60 | 20-Feb |
| Higuera, 2021 | 4 | 2 | 50 | ST23/ST24 (1/50) | Jan-50 | – |
| Gazzonis, 2019 | 99 | 21 | 21.2 | ST3 (21/100) | – | 21/100 |
| Parkar, 2007 (2 datasets) | 20 | 2 | 10 | ST1 (1/50) | Jan-50 | Jan-50 |
| Parkar, 2007 (3 datasets) | 3 | 3 | 100 | ST5 (3/100) | – | 3/100 |
| Noradilah, 2017 | 40 | 21 | 52 | ST1 (5/23.8), ST3 (7/33.3), ST4 (4/19), ST8 (4/19), ST10 (1/4.8) | – | 20/95.2 |
| Liao, 2020 | 651 | 35 | 5.4 | ST1 (6/17.1), ST3 (28/80), ST10 (1/2.8) | – | 34/97.1 |
| Mohammadpour, 2020 (2 datasets) | 154 | 29 | 18.8 | ST2 (8/27.6), ST3 (11/37.9), ST4 (3/10.3), ST7 (3/10.3), ST8 (2/6.9), ST10 (2/6.9) | – | 27/93.1 |
| Wang, 2018 | 136 | 4 | 2.9 | ST1 (3/75), ST4 (1/25) | – | 4/100 |
| Villamizar, 2019 | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | ST1 (1/100) | – | 1/100 |
| Cats | ||||||
| Boutellis, 2021 (1 dataset) | 19 | 12 | 63.1 | ST2 (3/25), ST3 (1/8.3) | 8/66.7 | 4/33.3 |
| Can, 2021 | 465 | 17 | 3.6 | ST4 (7/41.2) | 10/58.8 | 7/41.2 |
| Li, 2019 | 346 | 2 | 0.6 | ST1 (2/100) | – | 2/100 |
| Ruaux, 2014 (1 dataset) | 105 | 12 | 11.7 | ST1 (1/8.3), ST3 (1/8.3), ST10 (4/33.4) | Jun-50 | 2/16.7 |
| Kwak, 2020 | 158 | 1 | 0.6 | ST4 (1/100) | – | 1/100 |
| Mohammadpour, 2020 (1 dataset) | 119 | 21 | 17.7 | ST1 (5/23.8), ST3 (7/33.3), ST4 (4/19), ST10 (3/14.3), ST14 (2/9.5) | – | 16/76.2 |
aOut of the positive samples of Blastocystis,
bSome have been subtyped
cSome have not been subtyped or not determined
dThe number and percentage of zoonotic subtypes are computed for ST1-ST8