Prevalence and Subtype Distribution of Blastocystis sp. in Senegalese School Children

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Khaled, Salma | Gantois, Nausicaa | Ly, Amadou Tidjani | Senghor, Simon | Even, Gaël | Dautel, Ellena | Dejager, Romane | Sawant, Manasi | Baydoun, Martha | Benamrouz-Vanneste, Sadia | Chabé, Magali | Ndiaye, Seynabou | Schacht, Anne-Marie | Certad, Gabriela | Riveau, Gilles | Viscogliosi, Eric

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International audience. Blastocystis sp. is an enteric protozoan that frequently colonizes humans and many animals. Despite impacting on human health, data on the prevalence and subtype (ST) distribution of Blastocystis sp. remain sparse in Africa. Accordingly, we performed the first multicenter and largest epidemiological survey ever conducted on Blastocystis sp. for this continent. A total of 731 stool samples collected from healthy school children living in 10 villages of the northwestern region of Senegal were tested for the presence of Blastocystis sp. by real-time polymerase chain reaction followed by subtyping of positive samples. Considerable variation in prevalence between villages (51.7 to 100%) was evident with the overall prevalence being 80.4%. Mixed infections were identified in 23% of positive individuals. Among 453 school children with a single infection, ST2 was predominant, followed by ST1, ST3, ST7, ST10, and ST14; this is the first report of ST10 and ST14 in humans. Genetic polymorphisms were evident at the intra-ST level with the identification of numerous ST1 to ST3 genotypes. ST1 showed the greatest intra-ST diversity followed by ST2 and ST3. The prevalence and distribution of STs and genotypes varied among target villages, pointing to several potential infection sources, including human-to-human, zoonotic, and waterborne transmission.

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