Country/region (no. Of individuals studied) No. Of positive isolates Subtypes identified (%) References
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 unknown/ mixed
Australia (513) 91 28 5 40 12 0 6 1 2 0 0 [47]
Australia 12 41 0 33 16 0 8 0 0 0 8 [48]
Bangladesh 26 7.7 0 92.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [18]
Brazil (382) 66 41 32 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 [34]
China, Yunnan (239) 78 20.5 1.3 70.5 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 5 [39]
Colombia 125 56 32 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [37]
Denmark 29 3.4 20.7 51.7 24.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 [49]
Denmark (126)  24 8.3 12.5 25 37.5 0 0 0 0 12.5 0 [50]
Denmark (444) 25 4 16 4 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 [51]
Egypt 44 18.2 0 54.5 0 0 18 9.1 0 0 0 [52]
Egypt 100 15 0 49 0 0 33 13 0 0 10 [53]
France 40 25.6 9.3 53.5 9.3 0 0 2.3 0 0 7.5 [32]
Germany (67) 12 25 0 41.7 0 17 0 17 0 0 0 [18]
Germany 171 23.4 0.6 69 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 [12]
Greece 45 20 13.3 60 2.2 0 2.2 2.2 0 0 0 [54]
Italy (34) 34 8.8 20.6 47.1 17.7 0 0 2.9 2.9 0 4 [55]
Iran 40 50 10 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 [56]
Iran 141 34 23 37 0 0 0 5 0 0 23 [57]
Japan 64 15.6 20.3 48.4 10.9 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 [13]
Japan (2,037) 50 8 0 52 4 0 22 10 0 4 0 [18]
Lebanon (220) 42 30.6 33.3 33.3 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 [40]
Liberia 25 28 28 32 12 0 0 0 0 0 20 [9]
Libya 38 50 7.9 39.5 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 0 [9]
Malaysia 40 12.5 5 50 27.5 0 0 0 0 0 2 [58]
Nepal (82) 20 20 20 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [59]
Nepal  (241) 63 63.5 12.7 0 84.1 0 0 0 0 0             70 [36]
Netherlands (442) 103 22 22 42 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 [60]
Nigeria 22 45.5 0 40.9 13.6 0 0 0 0 0            0.4 [9]
Pakistan 10 20 0 70 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 [18]
Philippines 5 20 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [61]
Singapore (276) 9 22.2 0 77.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [38]
Spain 51 2 3.9 0 94.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 [35]
Sweden 63 15.9 14.3 47.6 20.6 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 [62]
Thailand (30) 5 40 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 [18]
Thailand (675) 127 77.9 22.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [63]
Turkey (286) 92 20 24 59.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 [64]
Turkey 87 9.2 13.8 75.9 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 [65]
Turkey 25 36 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [66]
UK 55 5.4 16.4 40 31 0 0 1.8 5.4 0 0 [4]
UK 271 12.5 9.6 42.1 31.4 0.7 0.4 1.5 1.8 0 0 [9]
USA 21 11.1 0 66.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.2 [2]
Table 1: Subtype classification of human Blastocystis sp. isolates from different countries