Children of Senegal River Basin show the highest prevalence of Blastocystis sp. ever observed worldwide.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blastocystis sp. is currently the most common intestinal protist found in human feces and considered an emerging parasite with a worldwide distribution. Because of its potential impact in public health, we reinforced the picture of Blastocystis sp. prevalence and molecular subtype distribution in Africa by performing the first survey of this parasite in Senegal.

Methods

Stool samples from 93 symptomatic presenting with various gastrointestinal disorders or asymptomatic children living in three villages of the Senegal River Basin were tested for the presence of Blastocystis sp. by non-quantitative and quantitative PCR using primer pairs targeting the SSU rDNA gene. Positive samples were subtyped to investigate the frequency of Blastocystis sp. subtypes in our cohor

SUBMITTER: El Safadi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3987649 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature