SynthesisActa parasitologica2021
Comparative molecular prevalence and subtypes distribution of Blastocystis sp. a potentially zoonotic infection isolated from symptomatic and asymptomatic patients in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Identification of Blastocystis spp. in Urban Rodents of Different Districts in Southwestern Iran: Subtype Distribution and Possible Zoonotic Potential.Acta parasitologica · 2024Article
- First Molecular Identification and Subtyping of Blastocystis sp. in the Most Consumed Edible Marine Fish of Iran: A Foodborne Concern.Acta parasitologica · 2024Article
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- Global molecular prevalence ofHeliyon · 2023Review
- Molecular characterization of Blastocystis subtypes in symptomatic patients from the southern region of Syria.PloS one · 2023Article
- Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Intellectually Disabled Individuals in Bandar Abbas County, Southern Iran.Journal of parasitology research · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe present systematic review and meta-analysis was aimed to assess the weighted molecular prevalence of Blastocystis sp. in humans along with the comparative molecular prevalence and subtypes distribution of Blastocystis isolated from symptomatic and asymptomatic patients in Iran.
methodsInternational electronic databases including Medline/PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, Embase, and Google Scholar were explored until 4th October 2020. Heterogeneity index was evaluated among studies using Cochran's Q test and I
resultsThe pooled molecular prevalence of Blastocystis sp. in Iran was reported 15.2% (95% CI 11.5-19.7). In addition, the molecular prevalence based on PCR-sequencing and STS primers was reported 12.5% (95% CI 8.6-17.7) and 19.8% (95% CI 13.1-28.8), respectively. Interestingly, there was a considerably higher prevalence among asymptomatic patients [25.1% (95% CI 20.8-30.0)] in comparison to symptomatic ones [21.0% (95% CI 15.9-27.2)]. In addition, the frequency of Blastocystis ST1, ST2, and ST3 from positive samples in symptomatic patients was 19.7%, 35.1%, and 47.4%, respectively. In addition, the prevalence of Blastocystis ST1, ST2, and ST3 from positive samples in asymptomatic patients was 27.1%, 26.8%, and 37.8%, respectively. The results obtained in Iran showed that Blastocystis is more common in asymptomatic patients compared to patients having clinical symptoms. Of note, ST3, as the most common subtype causing clinical symptoms, was the most prevalent reported subtype among both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients in the country.
conclusionsHence, the pathogenicity of the Blastocystis parasite is not subtype-specific and appears to be related to a variety of risk factors. Still the Blastocystis epidemiology is open to question and more large-scale studies should be performed on this aspect.
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