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

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: BioMed Central 2017-04-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Blastocystis sp
Sequence-Tagged Sites (STS) PCR
Subtyping
Makkah city
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2114-8

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