Protist enteroparasites in wild boar ( Sus scrofa ferus ) and black Iberian pig ( Sus scrofa domesticus ) in southern Spain: a protective effect on hepatitis E acquisition?

Table 1 Prevalence of enteroparasite species in the studied swine (black Iberian pig and wild boar) populations

Species/subtype	Total population (n = 328)	Black Iberian pigs (n = 186)	Wild boars (n = 142)	P-value
Species/subtype	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	P-value
Giardia duodenalis	64 (19.5)	32 (17.2)	32 (22.5)	0.261
Cryptosporidium spp.	27 (8.2)	18 (9.7)	9 (6.3)	0.351
C. scrofarum	26 (96.2)	18 (100)	8 (88.8)	0.216
C. suis	1 (3.8)	0 (0)	1 (11.2)
Blastocystis sp.	137 (41.8)	136 (73.1)	1 (0.7)	< 0.001
ST1	7 (5.1)	7 (5.1)	0 (0)	0.99
ST3	20 (14.7)	20 (14.7)	0 (0)
ST5	110 (80.2)	109 (80.1)	1 (100)
Neobalantidium coli^a	103 (31.4)	87 (52.7)	16 (11.7)	< 0.001
Strongyloides spp.	29 (8.8)	22 (11.8)	7 (4.9)	0.032

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