Current status of Blastocystis: A personal view

Parasitology International

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 763-771

  Stensvold, C Rune ^a   Clark, C Graham ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical microbiology; Gut; Parasite; Public health; Stramenopiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HOST RANGE; RESEARCH; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84992724136     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2016.05.015     Document Type: Article

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