Document Type
Article (Restricted)
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Abstract
This represents the first study to determine the genetic diversity of Blastocystis sp. among cancer and HIV/AIDS patients. Forty Blastocystis sp. isolates obtained from 20 cancer and 20 HIV/AIDS patients were genotyped by PCR using seven pairs of known sequenced-tagged site primers. Out of the 40 isolates, 38 were identified as one of the known genotypes and two isolates were negative with all the STS primers. Blastocystis sp. subtype 3 which is reported to be associated with disease was found to be predominant among the study subjects.
Keywords
Protozoa, Lobosea, Infection, Viraldisease, Virus, Retroviridae, Lentivirus, Parasite, AIDS, Humanimmunodeficiency virus, Genetic variability
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Parasitology Research
Volume
105
Issue
5
Additional Information
Tan, T. C. Ong, S. C. Suresh, K. G.