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Ribodemes of Blastocystis hominis isolated in Japan.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Oct 2001
Kaneda Y, Horiki N, Cheng X J, Fujita Y, Maruyama M, Tachibana H
Abstract excerpt
To determine if genetic diversity of Blastocystis hominis exists in Japan, we monitored 64 B. hominis-infected people: 39 asymptomatic people whose infections were detected during routine medical check-ups (32 Japanese and 7 non-Japanese) and 25 patients with gastrointestinal symptoms who visited the outpatient clinics of St. Luke's International Hospital (19 Japanese and 6 non-Japanese). We detected 6 known and...
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