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Zierdt CH. Blastocystis hominis, a long-misunderstood intestinal parasite. Parasitol Today. 1988;4(1):15-7doi: 10.1016/0169-4758(88)90049-x.
Zierdt, C. H. (1988). Blastocystis hominis, a long-misunderstood intestinal parasite. Parasitology today (Personal ed.), 4(1), 15-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-4758(88)90049-x
Zierdt, C H. "Blastocystis hominis, a long-misunderstood intestinal parasite." Parasitology today (Personal ed.) vol. 4,1 (1988): 15-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-4758(88)90049-x
Zierdt CH. Blastocystis hominis, a long-misunderstood intestinal parasite. Parasitol Today. 1988 Jan;4(1):15-7. doi: 10.1016/0169-4758(88)90049-x. PMID: 15462991.
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Parasitol Today. 1988 Jan;4(1):15-7. doi: 10.1016/0169-4758(88)90049-x.

Blastocystis hominis, a long-misunderstood intestinal parasite.

Parasitology today (Personal ed.)

C H Zierdt

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  1. Charles Zierdt is at the Department of Clinical Pathology, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

PMID: 15462991 DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(88)90049-x

Abstract

For over 50 years, Blastocystis hominis has been held to be a harmless intestinal yeast-probably frequent in stool samples from man and other primates, but usually ignored except as a possible source of confusion with Entamoeba histolytica. More recently, its status as a protozoan parasite has been accepted, and it is now increasingly recognized as an agent of intestinal disease - usually self-limiting but occasionally fatal in monkeys. Here, Charles Zierdt reviews the status o f this intriguing protozoan, drawing attention to its unusual biochemistry.

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