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 recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/1824
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/1824
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Blastocystis
Donax
Peru
Trujillo.
Perú
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Sumario: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.