Despite Blastocystis being one of the most widespread and prevalent intestinal eukaryotes,
its role in health and disease remains elusive. DNA-based detection methods have led to a …

Enteric and parasitic infections such as soil-transmitted helminths cause considerable
mortality and morbidity in low-and middle-income settings. Earthen household floors are …

Blastocystis is a common enteric protist colonizing probably more than 1 billion people with
a large variety of non-human hosts. Remarkable genetic diversity has been observed …

Background Intestinal parasitic protozoa represent a serious problem of public health
particularly in developing countries. Protozoa such as Blastocystis, Giardia intestinalis …

Background Blastocystis is a cosmopolitan protist parasite found in the human
gastrointestinal tract and is highly prevalent in developing countries. Recent molecular …

Methods to detect protozoa in water samples are expensive and laborious. We evaluated
the formalin/ether concentration method to detect Giardia sp., Cryptosporidium sp. and …

Blastocystis is a common intestinal protist with a global distribution in humans and many
other animals. Yet, the status of Blastocystis as a pathogen, the risk factors associated with …

Background Giardiasis is one of the most common intestinal infections in the world. There
have been no national studies on the morbidity of giardiasis in Colombia. In this study …

This work assessed the risk of protozoa in 10 school restaurants in Armenia (Quindío,
Colombia) by analyzing the presence of Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia duodenalis …

Blastocystis has been reported as the most common eukaryotic microorganism residing in
the intestines of both humans and animals, with a prevalence of up to 100% in some …