Mixed human intra- and inter-subtype infections with the parasite Blastocystis sp.

Parasitology International

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 719-722

  Meloni, Dionigia ^a,b   Poirier, Philippe ^c   Mantini, Cléa ^a   Noël, Christophe ^d   Gantois, Nausicaa ^a   Wawrzyniak, Ivan ^c   Delbac, Frédéric ^c   Chabé, Magali ^a   Delhaes, Laurence ^a   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^a   Fiori, Pier Luigi ^b   El Alaoui, Hicham ^c   Viscogliosi, Eric ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d INEX Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocystis sp.; Intestinal parasite; Mixed infection; Molecular epidemiology; Subtype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TRAVEL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLASTOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 84866004710     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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