Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. suresh@um.edu.my
Parasit Vectors, 2013;6(1):295.
PMID: 24499467 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-295

Abstract

Blastocystis spp. are one of the most prevalent parasites isolated from patients suffering from diarrhea, flatulence, constipation and vomiting. It's pathogenicity and pathophysiology remains controversial to date. Protease activity and amoebic forms have been reported previously in symptomatic isolates but there has been no conclusive evidence provided to correlate the protease activity and any specific life cycle stage of the parasite thus far.

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