[Blastocystosis: a high prevalence of cases found in patients from Health Center of Soledad, Anzoategui State, Venezuela].
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%).
Velásquez
Virma
V
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.
Caldera
Rixcia
R
Wong
Wladimir
W
Cermeño
Gloria
G
Fuentes
Maximo
M
Blanco
Ytalia
Y
Aponte
Maria
M
Devera
Rodolfo
R
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