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Table 1 Occurrence of Blastocystis from yaks in Qinghai Province

From: First genotyping of Blastocystis in yaks from Qinghai Province, northwestern China

Factor

Category

Sample size

Prevalence (%) (No. of positive)

Genotype ST (n)

ST10

ST12

ST14

Age

≤ 6 months

48

27.08 (13)

9

0

4

> 6 months

979

27.07 (265)

161

38

66

Season

Spring

215

22.33 (48)

26

7

15

Summer

355

32.68 (116)

75

17

24

Autumn

254

24.41 (62)

35

8

19

Winter

203

25.62 (52)

34

6

12

Location

Xining

192

39.06 (75)

36

5

34

Haibei

190

25.79 (49)

31

8

10

Hainan

162

19.75 (32)

19

4

9

Haixi

47

48.94 (23)

19

3

1

Huangnan

270

21.11 (57)

40

8

9

Yushu

90

27.78 (25)

15

6

4

Golog

76

22.37 (17)

10

4

3

Total

 

1027

27.07 (278)

170

38

70