Finding of Blastocystis sp. in bivalves of the genus Donax

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 bi...

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Autores: Pérez-Cordón, Gregorio, J. Rosales, María, Gavira, María del Mar, Valdez, Renzo A., Vargas, Franklin, Córdova, Ofelia
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2007
País:Perú
Recursos:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositório:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/1824
Acesso em linha:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/1824
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Blastocystis
Donax
Peru
Trujillo.
Perú
Descrição
Resumo: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.