Blastocystis and urticaria: Examination of subtypes and morphotypes in an unusual clinical manifestation

Acta Tropica

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-161

  Casero, Rodolfo Daniel ^a   Mongi, Florencia ^a   Sánchez, Angie ^b   Ramírez, Juan David ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Blastocystis ST3 allele 34 and urticaria; Blastocystis subtypes; DNA barcoding; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 18S;

ALLELE; DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PARASITE; PROTIST; PROTOZOAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARGENTINIAN; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URTICARIA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARGENTINA; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

BLASTOCYSTIS; PROTISTA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ARGENTINA; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929396178     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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