title: [Blastocystosis: a high prevalence of cases found in patients from Health Center of Soledad, Anzoategui State, Venezuela].
abstract: The parasitological examination of fecal samples from 98 patients from an Ambulatory Health Center of Soledad, Anzoategui, Venezuela revealed a rather high proportion of results positive for Blastocystis hominis (46.9%).
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Parasitosis Intestinal, Departamento de Parasitologia y Microbiología, Escuela de Ciências de la Salud, Universidad de Oriente, Ciudad de Bolívar, Estado Bolívar 800-1A, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Virma
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Velásquez
authors.forename: Rixcia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caldera
authors.forename: Wladimir
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cermeño
authors.forename: Maximo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: Ytalia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aponte
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Devera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D016776:Blastocystis Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016845:Blastocystis hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology