Oh my aching gut: irritable bowel syndrome, Blastocystis, and asymptomatic infection
Parasites and Vectors - 2008
Kenneth Boorom1, H. V. Smith2, Laila Nimri3, Éric Viscogliosi4, Gregory Spanakos5, Unaiza Parkar6, Lan‐Hua Li7, Xiao‐Nong Zhou8, Ülgen Z. Ok9, Saovanee Leelayoova10, Mary Smith McCrory Jones11
1Blastocystis Research Foundation, 5060 SW Philomath Blvd, #202, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA
2Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow G21 3UW, UK
3Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 22110
4Unite' Inserm U547, Institut Pasteur, 1 Rue du Professeury Calmette, BP 245, 59019, Lille Cedex, France
5Department of Parasitology, Entomology and Tropical Diseases, National School of Public Health, 196 Alexandras Ave, 11521 Athens, Greece
6WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections and the State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Western Australia 6150, Australia
7Department of Preventive Medicine, Weifang Medical University, 288 Shengli East Street, Shandong, Weifang, 261042, People's Republic of China
8National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200025, People's Republic of China
9Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
10Department of Parasitology Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
11Clinical Investigation Facility, David Grant USAF Medical Center, 101 Bodin Circle, Travis AFB, CA, 94535, USA