Prevalence of Blastocystis in animals from domesticated surroundings

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 850-852

  Chuong, L S ^a   Suresh, K ^b   Mak, J W ^a   Init, I ^a   Kathijah, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CAT; COCKROACH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HOUSE FLY; HUMAN; LIZARD; MALAYSIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CATS; COCKROACHES; DOGS; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; LIZARDS; MALAYSIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030310120     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Brumpt E. Blastocystis hominis N. sp et formes voisines. Bull la Soc Pathol Exot 1912;5: 725-30.
2. Doyle PW, Helgason MM, Mathia RG, Proctor EM. Epidemology and pathogenicity of Blastocystis hominis. J Clin Microbiol 1990; 116-21.
3. Garavelli PL, Scaglione L. Blastocystosis. An epidemiological study. Microbiologica 1989; 12:349-50.
4. Ho LC, Singh M, Suresh K, Ng GC, Yap EH. Axenic culture of Blastocystis hominis in Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium. Parasitol Res 1993; 79: 614-6.
5. Jones WR. The experimental infection of rats with Entamoeba histolytica. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 1946; 40: 130.
6. Knowles R, Das Gupta BM. On the nature of Blastocystis hominis. Indian J Med Res 1924; 12: 31-8.
7. Teow WL, Ng GC, Chan PP, Chan YC, Yap EH, Zaman V, Singh M. A survey of Blastocystis in reptiles. Parasitol Res 1992; 78: 453-5.
8. Zaman V, Ng GC, Suresh K, Yap EH, Singh M. Isolation of Blastocystis from the cockroach (Dictyoptera, Blattidae). Parasitol Res 1993; 79: 73-4.