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Blastocystis: Pathogen or Passenger?

Part of the book series: Parasitology Research Monographs ((Parasitology Res. Monogr.,volume 4))

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The most important aspects of the results obtained in the 101 years of research in Blastocystis are evaluated in this short chapter concluding the statement that this organism still remains an enigma, although all important methods had been used worldwide in this field.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Minoru Yamada

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan

    Hisao Yoshikawa

  4. Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117597, Singapore

    Kevin S. W. Tan

  5. Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    Haris Mirza

  6. Blastocystis Research Foundation, 5060 SW Philomath Blvd, #202, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA

    Kenneth Boorom

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  1. Department of Zoomorphology, Cell Biology and Parasitology,, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstr. 1, Düsseldorf, 40225, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

  2. National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Kevin S. W. Tan

  3. , Department of Biological Sciences, Nara Women's University, Kitauoya-Nishimachi, Kitauoya-Nishimachi, 630-8506, Nara, Japan

    Hisao Yoshikawa

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Mehlhorn, H., Yamada, M., Yoshikawa, H., Tan, K.S.W., Mirza, H., Boorom, K. (2012). Conclusions. In: Mehlhorn, H., Tan, K., Yoshikawa, H. (eds) Blastocystis: Pathogen or Passenger?. Parasitology Research Monographs, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32738-4_11

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