ReviewJournal of clinical microbiology2016
Blastocystis in Health and Disease: Are We Moving from a Clinical to a Public Health Perspective?
Review in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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123 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 242 citations in OpenAlex.
- Blastocystis, urticaria, and skin disorders: review of the current evidences.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020Pooled it
- Transient colonization with Blastocystis spp. after transmission via fecal microbiota transplantation.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025Trial
- ExploringJournal of medical microbiology · 2026Review
- First survey on the occurrence, subtype distribution and circulation of the enteric protozoan Blastocystis sp. in French broiler chicken farms.Poultry science · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Genetic Characterization ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Occurrence and subtyping of the intestinal protozoanFood and waterborne parasitology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Subtypes of Blastocystis in Symptomatic Children in Egypt and Anti-Blastocystis Efficacy of Artemisia alba-Loaded Silver Nanoparticles In Vitro and in Swiss Albino Mice.Acta parasitologica · 2026Article
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- Associations between Blastocystis spp., Campylobacter spp., Giardia duodenalis and Dientamoeba fragilis using Bayesian priors to account for diagnostic test accuracy.European journal of microbiology & immunology · 2025Article
- Crossing the species barrier: Bidirectional transmission ofOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Review
- Aspects of Genetic Diversity, Host Specificity and Public Health Significance of Single-Celled Intestinal Parasites Commonly Observed in Humans and Mostly Referred to as 'Non-Pathogenic'.APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica · 2025Review
- Extracellular vesicles in intestinal protozoa: hidden mediators of host-parasite communication.Gut pathogens · 2025Review
- Waterborne protozoan and microsporidian parasites in Eurasian beavers (International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2025Article
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- A preliminary study of the association betweenFrontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Blastocystis hominis; Friend or Foe.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2024Review
- Large-Scale Molecular Epidemiological Survey ofMicroorganisms · 2024Article
- Chronic urticaria associated with Blastocystis hominis infection.Archives of dermatological research · 2024Article
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- Marked genetic diversity withinInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2024Article
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Abstract
Blastocystis is a genus of common single-celled intestinal parasitic protists with an unsettled role in human health and disease. Being a stable component of intestinal microbiota, once established, the Blastocystis parasite appears more common in healthy individuals than in patients with infectious, functional, or inflammatory bowel disease. Recent data suggest that the parasite is associated with certain gut microbiota profiles and health indices. Convincing data and tools differentiating asymptomatic colonization from infection are yet to be demonstrated. Although the parasite may elicit disease under certain circumstances, the focus on Blastocystis may be shifting from a clinical to a public health perspective.
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