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SUBMITTER: Ben Abda I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5239694 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ben Abda Imène I Maatoug Nabil N Ben Romdhane Rania R Bouhelmi Nada N Zallegua Najet N Aoun Karim K Viscogliosi Eric E Bouratbine Aïda A
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20161205 1
Blastocystis sp. is currently the most common eukaryotic parasite found in humans. Despite its potential public health impact, epidemiological data regarding its prevalence and molecular subtype (ST) distribution in Maghreb are rarely reported. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the parasite in a cohort of healthy food handler Tunisian individuals and to acquire the first molecular data regarding the distribution of Blastocystis sp. STs in this country. Therefore ...[more]