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High lipid storage in vacoular forms of subtype 6 Blastocystis sp. in ostrich

Chandrasekaran H 1 , Govind SK 2 , Panchadcharam C 3 , Bathmanaban P 4 , Raman K 5 , Thergarajan G 6

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  • 1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. hemaum25@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. suresh@um.edu.my
  • 3 Veterinary Research Institute Ipoh, 59 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 31400, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. chandra1959@gmail.com
  • 4 Veterinary Research Institute Ipoh, 59 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 31400, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. princess_latha2280@yahoo.com
  • 5 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. kalyani1686@gmail.com
  • 6 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. gay3_rajan@hotmail.com
Parasit Vectors, 2014;7:469.
PMID: 25358755 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0469-7

Abstract

Blastocystis sp., a widely prevalent intestinal protozoan parasite is found in a wide range of animals, including humans. The possibility of zoonotic transmission to human from birds especially ostriches led us to investigate on the cross infectivity of Blastocystis sp. isolated from the ostrich feces as well as the phenotypic and subtype characteristics. There is a need to investigate this especially with the rising number of ostrich farms due to the growing global ostrich industry.

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