Thinking Blastocystis out of the box

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 305-

  Stensvold, Christen Rune ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYSTIS; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOSOME;

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

BLASTOCYSTIS;

EID: 84863824919     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.05.004     Document Type: Letter

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