Title
Finding of Blastocystis sp. in bivalves of the genus Donax
Date Issued
01 December 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Although commonly detected in humans, microorganisms identified as Blastocystis have also been isolated from a wide range of animals, such as primates, pigs, cattle, birds, amphibians and, less frequently, rodents and insects. In the present paper, we describe the detection of Blastocystis sp. in bivalve mollusks of the genus Donax from the Peruvian northern coast. This finding extends the host range of this pathogen, opening the possibility of Blastocytis transmission to human beings by marine mollusks.
Start page
301
End page
302
Volume
14
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología Parasitología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85009851415
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
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