Location and pathogenic potential of Blastocystis in the porcine intestine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Wenqi ^a   Bielefeldt Ohmann, Helle ^a   Traub, Rebecca J ^b   Cuttell, Leigh ^a   Owen, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; INTESTINES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84905460216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103962     Document Type: Article

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