Population | No. of faecal specimens collected | No. of Blastocystis-positive faecal specimens (%) | P value | No. of subtypes identified (%) | Mixed infections (n) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST1 | ST2 | ST3 | ST39 | |||||
BY | 36 | 33 (91.7) | 0.303 | – | – | 24 (66.7) | 11 (30.6) | ST39/ST3 (2) |
HSa | 36 | 32 (88.9) | 0.164 | – | 24 (66.7) | 7 (19.4) | 1 (2.8) | – |
SD | 29 | 16 (55.2) | 0.000 | – | 1 (3.4) | 10 (34.5) | 5 (17.2) | – |
YJ | 28 | 27 (96.4) | 0.856 | – | 6 (21.4) | 16 (57.1) | 5 (17.9) | – |
DF | 26 | 11 (42.3) | 0.000 | – | 2 (7.7) | 3 (11.5) | 8 (30.8) | ST39/S2 (1), S2/S3 (1) |
LSa | 31 | 20 (64.5) | 0.000 | 12 (38.7) | 6 (19.4) | 4 (12.9) | – | S1/S2 (1), S1/S3 (1) |
FJa | 25 | 19 (76.0) | 0.011 | 12 (48.0) | – | 15 (60.0) | – | S1/S3 (8) |
JJa | 29 | 28 (96.6) | 0.876 | 27 (93.1) | – | 4 (13.8) | – | S1/S3 (3) |
NNa | 36 | 35 (97.2) | Reference | 31 (86.1) | 7 (19.4) | 5 (13.9) | 3 (8.3) | S1/S2 (4), S1/S3 (2), S2/S3 (1), S1/S2/S3 (1), S1/ST39 (2) |
HAG (> 2000 m) | 155 | 119 (76.8) | 0.121 | – | 33 (21.3) | 60 (38.7) | 30 (19.4) |  |
LAG (< 2000 m) | 121 | 102 (84.3) |  | 82 (67.8) | 13 (10.7) | 28(23.1) | 3 (2.5) |  |
Total | 276 | 221 (80.1) | Â | 82 (29.7) | 46 (16.7) | 88 (31.9) | 33 (12.0) | 27 (9.8) |