Molecular prevalence and subtype distribution of Blastocystis sp. in Asia and in Australia

S Nemati, MR Zali, P Johnson, H Mirjalali… - Journal of Water and …, 2021 - iwaponline.com
Blastocystis is a prevalent protozoan parasite reported in humans, animals, and
environmental samples. Over the past decade, numerous studies have investigated the …

The Coexistence of Blastocystis spp. in Humans, Animals and Environmental Sources from 2010–2021 in Asia

AA Rauff-Adedotun, FH Meor Termizi, N Shaari, IL Lee - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Blastocystis spp. are unicellular parasites that infect the gastrointestinal
tract of humans and animals. Their occurrence in the environment had been detected in …

Investigation of neglected protists Blastocystis sp. and Dientamoeba fragilis in immunocompetent and immunodeficient diarrheal patients using both conventional …

F Sarzhanov, F Dogruman-Al, M Santin… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The clinical significance of Blastocystis sp. and Dientamoeba fragilis in patients
with gastrointestinal symptoms is a controversial issue. Since the pathogenicity of these …

Extreme genome diversity in the hyper-prevalent parasitic eukaryote Blastocystis

E Gentekaki, BA Curtis, CW Stairs, V Klimeš… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Blastocystis is the most prevalent eukaryotic microbe colonizing the human gut, infecting
approximately 1 billion individuals worldwide. Although Blastocystis has been linked to …

Prevalence of Blastocystis and its association with Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio in clinically healthy and metabolically ill subjects

CM Yañez, AM Hernández, AM Sandoval… - BMC microbiology, 2021 - Springer
Background Blastocystis is a typical anaerobic colon protist in humans with controversial
pathogenicity and has relation with alterations in the intestinal microbiota composition …

Occurrence and subtype distribution of Blastocystis sp. in humans, dogs and cats sharing household in northern Spain and assessment of zoonotic transmission risk

S Paulos, PC Köster, A de Lucio… - Zoonoses and public …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Blastocystis sp. is probably the most common enteric parasite in humans globally. Although
the role of Blastocystis in human disease is still controversial, epidemiological and …

Comparative molecular prevalence and subtypes distribution of Blastocystis sp. a potentially zoonotic infection isolated from symptomatic and asymptomatic patients …

A Asghari, S Hassanipour, G Hatam - Acta Parasitologica, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The present systematic review and meta-analysis was aimed to assess the
weighted molecular prevalence of Blastocystis sp. in humans along with the comparative …

Genetic diversity analysis of Blastocystis subtypes from both symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects using a barcoding region from the 18S rRNA gene

TR Riabi, H Mirjalali, A Haghighi, MR Nejad… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Blastocystis is the most prevalent protozoa found in human stool samples. This study aimed
to evaluate genetic diversity among Blastocystis subtypes isolated from both symptomatic …

Prevalence of contamination by intestinal parasites in vegetables (Lactuca sativa L. and Coriandrum sativum L.) sold in markets in Belém, northern Brazil

AC Rodrigues, MDC da Silva… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Previous studies have recorded a high prevalence of intestinal parasites in
lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) destined for human …

Exacerbation of colon carcinogenesis by Blastocystis sp.

V Kumarasamy, UR Kuppusamy, P Jayalakshmi… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one the most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide and the
number is increasing every year. Despite advances in screening programs, CRC remains as …