Subtype identification of Blastocystis spp. isolated from patients in a major hospital in northeastern Thailand

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1781-1786

  Jantermtor, Sarinee ^a   Pinlaor, Porntip ^a,b   Sawadpanich, Kookwan ^b   Pinlaor, Somchai ^b   Sangka, Arunnee ^a   Wilailuckana, Chotechana ^a   Wongsena, Wachanan ^c   Yoshikawa, Hisao ^d  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGED; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; THAILAND;

AVES; BLASTOCYSTIS;

EID: 84876407756     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3218-x     Document Type: Article

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