New trends on Blactocystis sp. infection

Acta Microbiologica Hellenica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-78

  Vassalos, C M ^a,b   Mylona Petropoulou, D ^c   Ganteris, G ^d   Malamou Lada, H ^d   Vakalls, N ^a   Leveidiotou, S ^b   Papadopoulou, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^d G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blastocystis sp.; Life cycle; Management; Prevention; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; GREECE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TREND STUDY;

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS SP.; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77951121814     PISSN: 04389573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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