Genetic variability of Blastocystis sp. Isolated from symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals in Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2311-2315

  Moosavi, A ^a   Haghighi, A ^a   Mojarad, E Nazemalhosseini ^b   Zayeri, F ^a   Alebouyeh, M ^b   Khazan, H ^a   Kazemi, B ^a   Zali, M R ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES;

ANIMALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS SP.; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84872313227     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3085-5     Document Type: Article

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