Prevalence, risk factors for infection and subtype distribution of the intestinal parasite Blastocystis sp. from a large-scale multi-center study in France

El Safadi, Dima; Cian, Amandine; Nourrisson, Céline; Pereira, Bruno; Morelle, Christelle; Bastien, Patrick; Bellanger, Anne‐Pauline; Botterel, Françoise; Candolfi, Ermanno; Désoubeaux, Guillaume; Lachaud, Laurence; Morio, Florent; Pomarès, Christelle; Rabodonirina, Méja; Wawrzyniak, Ivan; Delbac, Frédéric; Gantois, Nausicaa; Certad, Gabriela; Delhaès, Laurence; Poirier, Philippe; Viscogliosi, Éric

doi:10.1186/s12879-016-1776-8

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Prevalence, risk factors for infection and subtype distribution of the intestinal parasite Blastocystis sp. from a large-scale multi-center study in France

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Aug 26, 2016

Authors:

Dima El Safadi

Amandine Cian

Céline Nourrisson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Blastocystis sp. is the most common intestinal parasite of humans. Despite its potential public health impact, epidemiological data regarding the prevalence and molecular subtype distribution of Blastocystis sp. in Europe are rarely reported. Therefore, the first multi-center epidemiolog...

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Blastocystis

Epidemiology

Medical microbiology

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