Blastocystis sp.

Chai, Yijun, Deng, Lei, Liu, Haifeng, Yao, Jingxin, Zhong, Zhijun, Fu, Hualin, Shen, Liuhong, Zhou, Ziyao, Deng, Junliang, Hu, Yanchun & Peng, Guangneng, 2020, First subtyping of Blastocystis sp. from pet rodents in southwestern China, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 11, pp. 143-148 : 146

3.1. Detection rate of Blastocystis sp. in pet rodents

The overall minimum prevalence of Blastocystis sp. in pet rodents was 8.35% (42/503; 95% CI: 0.06–0.11). The detection rate in different rodent species ranged from 4.17 to 13.33% ( Table 1), and differed significantly between the five pet species (χ 2 = 9.699, df = 4, p <0.05). There was no significant difference in the prevalence of Blastocystis sp. between the four locations tested, which ranged from 6.45 to 12.24% (χ 2 = 2.473, df = 3, p> 0.05).