Table 5 Prevalence of Blastocystis subtype/subgroups and the means and ranges of subtype/subgroups detected in wild boars from Spain (SP) (n = 22) and Portugal (PT) (n = 34) using next-generation amplicon sequencing (NGS) in the present study.
Subtype | Subtype prevalence (%) | Subtype reads (mean, %) | Subtype reads (range, %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SP wild boar | PT wild boar | SP wild boar | PT wild boar | SP wild boar | PT wild boar | |
ST5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99.6–100 | 99.8–100 |
ST10a | 0 | 2.9 | – | 0.2 | – | 0.2 |
ST13 | 0 | 2.9 | – | 0.1 | – | 0.1 |
ST14 | 0 | 2.9 | – | 0.1 | – | 0.1 |
ST15 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
ST24b | 0 | 2.9 | – | 0.1 | – | 0.1 |
ST43 | 0 | 5.9 | – | 0.2 | – | 0.1–0.2 |