Blastocystis occurrence

Koehler, Anson V., Herath, H. M. P. Dilrukshi, Hall, Ross S., Wilcox, Stephen & Gasser, Robin B., 2024, Marked genetic diversity within Blastocystis in Australian wildlife revealed using a next generation sequencing-phylogenetic approach, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 23, pp. 100902-100902 : 100902-

3.5. Seasonality and Blastocystis occurrence

According to the binary logistic model, season was shown to be strongly related with the occurrence (presence/absence) of Blastocystis in macropods (i.e., kangaroo and wallaby) (p <0.05, ᵡ 2 of 6.99*10 – 4), whereas, for deer, Blastocystis occurrence was not significantly linked to season (p> 0.05, ᵡ 2 of 0.25) ( Table 4). Furthermore, the odds of Blastocystis occurrence in macropods in summer were 1.88 times (88%) higher than that of autumn.

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