Subtyping of Blastocystis sp. isolated from symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract Background Blastocystis is a group of cosmopolitan gastrointestinal parasite of humans and a wide variety of animals. These anaerobic protozoans include more than 17 specific small-subunit ribosomal RNA subtypes, of which nine are found in humans with a variable geographical distribution. U...

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Main Authors: Raafat T. Mohamed, Mohammed A. El-Bali, Anhar A. Mohamed, Mona A. Abdel-Fatah, Mohamed A. EL-Malky, Nawras M. Mowafy, Dina A. Zaghlool, Rowaida A. Bakri, Saeed A. Al-Harthi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2114-8