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Table 2 Percentage of infection and subtype/allele distributions of Blastocystis sp. detected in dogs, cats, and rats in Fars Province, Iran

From: First molecular subtyping and phylogeny of Blastocystis sp. isolated from domestic and synanthropic animals (dogs, cats and brown rats) in southern Iran

Host species

Positive/examined (%)

Subtype/alleles (n)

GenBank ID

Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

20/127 (15.8)

ST1/ allele 2 (n = 4)

MN264511

ST3/allele 34 (n = 4)

MN264510

ST4/allele 92 (n = 12)

MN264509

Cat (Felis catus domesticus)

21/119 (17.7)

ST1/allele 2 (n = 5)

MN264518

ST3/allele 34 (n = 7)

MN264519

ST4/allele 94 (n = 4)

MN264520

ST10/allele 152 (n = 3)

MN264521

ST14/allele 159 (n = 2)

MN264522

Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

29/154 (18.8)

ST2/allele 9 (n = 8)

MN264512

ST3/allele 34 (n = 11)

MN264513

ST4/allele 94 (n = 3)

MN264514

ST7/allele 99 (n = 3)

MN264516

ST8/allele 21 (n = 2)

MN264515

ST10/allele 152 (n = 2)

MN264517